Westvaco Inspirations for Printers, No. 87 EhmckeItems napkins (1)

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(FYI: The antipode of Milan is on the Chatham Islands of New Zealand

A stunning meditation on an jackets

an institution which had evolved out of a drafting school for craftsmen

an alphabet of brawny and dynamic capitals

Westvaco Inspirations for Printers, No. 87 EhmckeItems napkins (1)Launched in 1925 by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, Westvaco Inspirations for Printers served as a premier promotional house organ showcasing paper stocks, ink capabilities, and diverse printing processes. Before Bradbury Thompsons modernist art direction began in 1939, issues from the mid 1930s (like this one) functioned primarily as rich, eclectic trade anthologies. Rather than avant garde typographic experimentation, these layouts