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What Have You Got Toulouse

November 9, 2018
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Into Each Fingernail a Little Dirt Must Fall. Detail from Hallmark’s 1970/71 What Have You Got Toulouse Calendar.

Tags Manicule, Hallmark, 1971
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Dandruff!

November 8, 2018
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Detail from a 1971/72 Hallmark Calendar. You get the sense Hallmark gave their crew of designers free rein in this wild eighteen-month wall calendar. It’s tough to imagine a corporation like Hallmark publishing a piece like this today. See all 18 months.

In Calendar Tags Hallmark, 1972, Speech Bubbles
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Studio Greeting Card

November 7, 2018
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In Greeting Cards Tags Manicule
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Groovie Ghoulies

November 5, 2018
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Detail from Jeepers Creatures, a 1971 board game by Whitman. See more.

In Games Tags Whitman, Unpunched, 1971, Monster
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We Love You Beatles

November 3, 2018
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The Fab Four get far-out. Detail from We Love You Beatles by Margaret Sutton. Published by Doubleday & Co. Inc. in 1971. See more.

In Books, Children’s Books Tags Beatles, Margaret Sutton, Book, 1971

HOW TO QUIT!

November 2, 2018
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Detail from Mike Strouth’s How to Quit. Published by Hallmark in 1971. See more.

In Books Tags Hallmark, 1971, Mike Strouth

JAZZ MAGAZINE

October 1, 2018
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In Magazines Tags Polish Design, Jazz, Manicule, 1971
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Champion Dingbats

September 15, 2018
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In Dingbats Tags Champion Papers, Manicule, 1980s
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Damn Everything But The Circus

September 2, 2018
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Circus alphabet print from the slipcased edition of Damn Everything But The Circus. Sister Corita Kent, 1970. See more.

In Books, Typography Tags Eyeballs, Sister Corita Kent, Alphabet Character, 1970
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John Alcorn’s Books!

August 31, 2018

Page from John Alcorn’s classic Books!

In Books, Children’s Books Tags John Alcorn, Manicule, 1962
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Inventors

August 30, 2018
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Elaborate 3-D game piece from Parker Brothers 1974 board game, Inventors.

In Games Tags Parker Brothers, 1974, Manicule
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Gebrauchsgraphik

August 14, 2018
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Cover of 1968 issue of Gebrauchsgraphik, a German graphic design magazine. See more issues of Gebrauchsgraphik.

In Magazines Tags 1968, Mustache, Germany, Hand-Lettering, Eyeballs
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Memories

August 13, 2018
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Memories scrap book cover. Jostens, 1972.

In Mod Miscellanea Tags 1972
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Studio Greeting Card

July 15, 2018
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In Greeting Cards Tags Manicule
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Things to do While Getting Well

July 13, 2018
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Cover from Hallmark’s “Things to do While Getting Well.” Illustrated by Mike Strouth. Hallmark, 1971. See more.

In Books Tags Mike Strouth, Hallmark, Sun, 1971
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The Joke is Wild!

July 1, 2018
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In Books Tags Hallmark, Dan Branham, 1968, Manicule
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Poland Magazine

June 13, 2018
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July 1967 issue of Poland Magazine. See more.

In Magazines Tags Sun, 1967, Polish Design
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Hot-Ones

June 13, 2018
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Groovy iron-on fabric transfer designed by Rick Thrun. Golden Books/Western Publishing Co., 1977. See more.

Tags Monster
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Houdini’s Magic Kit

June 2, 2018
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1967 paper assembly magic kit by Platt & Munk. Sadly no designer or illustrator is credited. See more.

In Mod Miscellanea, Paper Toys Tags Eyeballs, Magic, Hand, 1967
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Beautiful Thoughts

May 13, 2018
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Tiny Tim thinks deep thoughts. 1969 gift book designed and illustrated by Frazier-Hauge. See more.

In Books Tags Sun, Rainbow, Tiny Tim, Frazier-Hauge, 1969
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PE·CU·LIAR:

Hello. I’m a graphic designer, vintage dealer, and ephemera collector whose favorite pastime is rummaging through used bookstores and second-hand shops for paper artifacts from the psychedelic era. I’ve decided to archive and share some of my favorite finds here. I hope these mod graphics entertain and inspire you as much as they have me. Learn more.


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MAN·I·CULE:

NOUN. 1. A symbol in the shape of a pointing hand, used in printing and graphics to draw attention to or indicate something. Origin: from Latin manicula, diminutive of manus or ‘little hand’.

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