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The Sweet Flypaper Of Life, Roy Decarava, James Mercer Langston Hughes, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Photography

112 pages : chiefly illus. First edition. "The Sweet Flypaper of Life describes, in words and pictures, what the authors have seen and known and felt deeply about their people. Life in Harlem may be hard; getting up each morning and going to work, knowing that today will be like yesterday and tomorrow. Yet there are rewards, moments – a man walking in the sun, a woman laughing, couples in the part, the watering of a garden on a windowsill, a father's touch, a child's glance. "We've had so many books about how bad life is," Langston Hughes says. "Maybe …

Portfolio, 1955, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Cbs Radio 1955 Summertime Promotion Kit, Lou Dorfsman, Cbs Corporate Entertainment And News Divisions

Lou Dorfsman CBS Archive at RISD

CBS Radio Entertainment Division Promotion Literature. 40 and 100 word radio announcements promoting summertime radio listening. Disc jockey announcements, print ad examples, station breaks, "women's program" announcements directed at housewives, homemakers, stay at home mothers, "exploitation suggestions" listing ideas re. where and how to promote radio advertising, and summertime contest announcements inviting listeners to answer "Radio's fun in the summertime because..." in fifty words or less to win a CBS-Columbia portable radio prize. Promotion of tag line "Radio's fun, everywhere under the sun!".

Around The World In A Flash: How Messages Are Sent Via Telephone, Telegraph, Radio, And Television, Marie Neurath, Isotype Institute, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

36 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm. The How and why series. "A Chanticleer edition". "Printed in Great Britain by Graphic Reproductions Ltd. London". Color illustrated, double title page. Case binding with paper color dust jacket. Jacket has tears at top of spine and back cover bottom left corner.

Portfolio, 1954, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Spectrum December 1953, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Spectrum was a publication released in the early 1950s by the undergraduate students at Rhode Island School of Design. This issue from December 1953 includes editorials, student-submitted articles, hand drawn illustrations, poetry, and advertisements primarily for local businesses. Also, this issue has information about various scholarships, RISD club news and a brief history of RISD from 1878-1953 by John R. Frazier, RISD President from 1955-1962.

Mother Goose Riddle Rhymes, Joseph Low, Ruth Low, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

[44] pages : color illus. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Color illustrated title-page and dust jacket. Book jacket design by Joseph Low, printed offset. Book seller's label, inside back cover: Museum Books, Inc., 48 East 43rd Street, New York 17, N.Y. Gift of Christine Jones (RISD IA '52).

Portfolio, 1953, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

“America’S Greatest Traveling Show” Cbs Radio Seasonal Promotion "Suitcase", Lou Dorfsman, Cbs Corporate Entertainment And News Divisions

Lou Dorfsman CBS Archive Supplemental Content

CBS Radio Entertainment & News Division Affiliate Promotion Literature. Traveling "suitcase" of promotional content for CBS 1953-1954 daytime and nighttime weekday and weekend radio programming. Ephemera including 40 and 100 word type written promotional announcement scripts for each show, 8.5" x 11" silver gelatin print headshots of headlining star actors, ad mats and proofs for promotional "Radio Goes Wherever You Go!" campaign, full size newsprint advertising layout examples, and more. Two portfolio boxes, one white containing daytime programming materials in yellow folders, one black containing nighttime programming materials in blue folders. Both boxes adorned with screen printed promotional stickers. Graphic …

Portfolio, 1952, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Portfolio, 1951, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

The First Great Inventions, Lancelot Thomas Hogben, Marie Neurath, Joseph Albert Lauwerys, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

36 pages color illustrations 23 cm. Chanticleer wonder-story books. "Designed by the Isotype Institute and printed in six-color offset lithography by Waldheim-Eberle, Vienna, Austria" Color illustrated, double title page. Case binding with original color paper dust jacket.

Portfolio, 1950, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Reed And Barton Basic Ad-Maker, Reed & Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Books

36 pages : illustrations (one folded). Title from cover. "... designed to give you a complete up-to-the-minute mat service for your newspaper advertising throughout the coming year. The contains all the materials necessary for making up your ads."--page [2] of cover. All pages have perforations for easy tear-out. Green paper cover, in shape of a file folder. Reed & Barton Collection.

Trade Literature, Reed & Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Books

1 loose-leaf binder : illustrations. Title supplied by the cataloger. Blue three-ring binder. On cover of binder: Reed & Barton. At foot of binder cover: Reed & Barton Silversmiths; The Sheffield Silver Company; Miller Rogaska Crystal; Belleek Parian China; Aynsley English Fine Bone China; Reed & Barton Handcrafted Chests; W.J. Hagerty & Sons, Ltd., Inc. Binder includes price lists, photographs of the factory, advertisements, sales catalogs, office correspondence, etc. Reed & Barton Collection. Includes a two-sided typed page: "Report on Comparative Conditions" between Gorham and Reed & Barton.

Portfolio, 1949, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Yearbook, 1948, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Noa Noa: Voyage Á Tahiti, Paul Gauguin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

[4] p., [2] leaves of plates : illus. (some color), facsim. Facsimile of Gauguin's handwritten notations, color reproductions. Donated by Bess P. Kaufman in memory of Sol. P. Kaufman.

Yearbook, 1947, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Future Books: Industry, Government, Science, Arts, Vol. I Overture, Marjory B. Milne, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

volumes illustrations (some color) portraits 30 cm. Editor: Marjorie B. Milne. Produced by Adprint. Cover illustration and design by G.A. Adams. Printed in photogravure by Harrison & Sons Ltd. London. Cover, binding and offset printing by Jerrold & Sons Ltd. Norwich. Advertisements in letterpress by W.S. Cowell Ltd. Ipswich; Alabaster Passmore & Sons Ltd. Maidstone; Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd. Nottingham. The photogravure and offset parts have been printed on Mellotex Paper made by Tullis Russell & Co. Ltd. Markinch Scotland. Information graphics. Casebinding. Library has Volume I. Overture & volume IV. Transformation.

Future Books: Industry, Government, Science, Arts, Vol. Iv Transformation, Marjory B. Milne, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

volumes illustrations (some color) portraits 30 cm. Editor: Marjorie B. Milne. Produced by Adprint. Cover illustration and design by G.A. Adams. Printed in photogravure by Harrison & Sons Ltd. London. Cover, binding and offset printing by Jerrold & Sons Ltd. Norwich. Advertisements in letterpress by W.S. Cowell Ltd. Ipswich; Alabaster Passmore & Sons Ltd. Maidstone; Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd. Nottingham. The photogravure and offset parts have been printed on Mellotex Paper made by Tullis Russell & Co. Ltd. Markinch Scotland. Information graphics. Casebinding. Library has Volume I. Overture & volume IV. Transformation.

The Yearbook, 1946, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Creations, Jef De Schilder, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Pochoir

Date is approximate. 22 plates : all color illustrations (pochoir) ; 51 cm.

Title from cover. Pochoir prints. Includes additional cardboard sheet with the following in blue crayon: "originales, J de Schilder, 22 creations, Paris". In new portfolio with part of original cover mounted on new cover.

Women And Work, Gertrude Rosenblum Williams, Isotype Institute, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Graphic Design

128 pages : illustrations (some color, including maps) ; 22 cm. Series: The new democracy "Designed and produced by Adprint Ltd London ; Copyright 1945 by Adprint Ltd London ..."--title page verso. "First published by Nicholson & Watson in association with Wells Gardner Darton & Co Ltd, London, 1945"--title page verso. Contents: The scope of women's work. The wartime revolution -- The rise of the "dependent" family -- The effect of marriage -- Law and custom -- The work women do. Changes in numbers and jobs -- The middle-class woman -- Woman's dual role. Differences in pay -- Do women …

Yearbook, 1945, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Red Light, Green Light, Golden Macdonald, Leonard Weisgard, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations. Series: A Zephyr book. "Junior books." Summary: All day and night the traffic signal blinks its messages of stop and go. "This book is complete and unabridged, manufactured under wartime conditions in conformity with all government regulations controlling the use of paper and other materials. Printed by Michaelson Lithograph Corporation."-- page preceding title page. Golden MacDonald was a pseudonym used by Margaret Wise Brown. Title page printed in red, green and black. Limited color palette lithography, mainly red, green, grey, brown and black. Case binding. Original color illustrated dust jacket, missing small part of …

Rhode Island School Of Design, 1944, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Calendar Of Events April 1943, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Art Events of April 1943 includes information about painting exhibits, musical concerts, and lectures taking place in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Calendar Of Events March 1943, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Art Events of March 1943 includes information about painting exhibitions, musical concerts, lectures and a radio program taking place in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Calendar Of Events February 1943, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Art Events of February 1943 includes exhibitions, concerts, lectures, a dance recital and some plays taking place in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.