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Tag Archives: Library of Congress
The spring Overland Journal cover
I’ve been saving this image for years, just waiting for the right Overland Journal to come along. The focus of the spring issue is Council Bluffs, Iowa, the site of the upcoming annual conference, but none of the articles specifically … Continue reading
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Tagged cover design, Library of Congress, Overland Journal
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St. Louis steamboating
Here is a peek at the cover of the summer 2012 Overland Journal, which uses a scene from St. Louis circa 1874 to illustrate an article on the importance of steamboats in the overland era. The image was quite big … Continue reading
Library of Congress Has Us Covered
For the fall issue of OJ, we used another image from the Library of Congress for the cover. Since the the main article for this issue is “The Old Spanish Trail: John N. Macomb’s 1859 Expedition to the Canyonlands of … Continue reading
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Beautiful books
Dominic Pulera, a former client (I designed his book Green, White and Red: The Italian-American Success Story a couple of years ago*), sent me a New York Times article, “Selling Books by Their Gilded Covers,” by Julie Bosman, this week. … Continue reading
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Tagged cloth, Green White and Red, Library of Congress, Pulera, stamping
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Putting a Library of Congress image to work
Just for fun, I thought I’d post this CD cover that I designed for a friend who had a long road trip ahead of him. I’m using the image that I discussed here.