Download or read book Catalog written by Robin Cherry and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1872 when traveling salesman Aaron Montgomery Ward realized he could eliminate the middleman and sell goods directly to his customers, Americans have had an ongoing love affair with the mail-order catalog, which continues undiminished even in today's online-driven world. The practical can find deals on furniture and clothing in L.L.Bean and Sears, the extravagant can consider his and hers matching helicopters, windmills, hot-air balloons, and submarines in the Neiman Marcus Fantasy Catalog; those looking to get their pulses racing can browse Victoria's Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch; while our inner swashbuckler can travel the world through the pages of the J. Peterman Owner's Manual where Moroccan caftans, Russian Navy t-shirts, and wooden water buckets from rural China entice the imagination. In Catalog: The Illustrated History of Mail Order Shopping, Robin Cherry traces the timeline of these snapshots from American history and discovers along the way how we dressed, decorated our houses, worked, played, and got around. From corsets to bell-bottoms, from baby-doll dresses and Doc Martens all the way to iPods, the history of these catalogs is the history of our lives and our culture. GIs during World War II were kept company by the models in the pages of lingerie catalogs; hockey goalies fashioned makeshift shin guards out of them during the Great Depression, and creative children across the country still play with homemade paper dolls cut from clothing catalogs. A number of celebrities got their start modeling for catalogs: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Katherine Heigl, Matthew Fox, and Angelina Jolie. Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan both got their first guitars from the Sears catalog. Organized into categories such as clothing, food, animals, and houses, author Robin Cherry explores the vivid stories behind Sears, Montgomery Ward, Lillian Vernon, Harry & David, Jackson & Perkins, and of course, 45 years of the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book. Insightful historical commentary places these catalogs in their social context, making this book a visual pleasure and a historically important piece of Americana.

Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue I written by Wallace Collection (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book De Luxe Illustrated Catalogue of Early American Portraits written by Thomas Benedict Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Marc Chagall written by Patrick Cramer and published by Alan Wofsy Fine Arts. This book was released on 1995 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Italian Book illustrations and Early Printing written by Charles William Dyson Perrins and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gardeners and Poultry Keepers Guide and Illustrated Catalogue of Goods Manufactured and Supplied written by William Cooper Ltd and published by Shelter Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprinted pages selected by Lloyd Kahn from the ca. 1901 and ca. 1914 versions of the product catalog of William Cooper Ltd., London.

Download or read book Joan Mir the Illustrated Books written by Joan Miró and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue written by National Gallery (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Roberts Illustrated Millwork Catalog written by E.L. Roberts & Co and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduced from a rare 1903 catalog of architectural woodwork, this compilation displays a vast assortment of finely crafted products. Nearly 300 black-and-white illustrations depict interior and exterior millwork, including window blinds, brackets, china closets, church fittings, doors, frames, gable finishes, linen closets, moldings, shingles, sideboards, wainscoting, parquet floors, and other items.

Download or read book The Illustrated Book of Songs written by Colm Boyd and published by Uitgeverij Luster. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say that whatever you're going through in life, Aretha has probably recorded a song about it. Well, it's not just Aretha. Just been dumped? Roy Orbison has the song to get you through. Furious about the state of the world? Patti Smith knows how you feel. 'The Illustrated Book of Songs' is a collection of lists about the music that makes up the soundtrack to our lives, featuring hundreds of songs, old and new, famous and not-so-famous. With intriguing trivia, idle musings and cool illustrations of your favourite performers and songs. Illustrations: Patricia Ghijsens-Ezcurdia.

Download or read book An Illustrated Catalogue of Manuscripts and Rare Books written by Myers & co., booksellers, London and published by . This book was released on 1628 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue written by and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue written by Great Exhibition and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Picasso Posters written by Pablo Picasso and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pablo Picasso is the artistic giant of the twentieth century, and perhaps only Leonardo da Vinci rivals his fame throughout the history of art. In working life that spanned nearly eighty years, Picasso painted some of the archetypal images of modern art, including Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Guernica. But he did more that create individual works of originality and genius. Picasso invented, and inspired others to invent, a whole new vocabulary and way of thinking about art which have shaped the progress of modernism throughout the twentieth century. Picasso's fame is indisputable but rests largely on his oil paintings. A lesser-known but crucially important part of Picasso's oeuvre is his graphic work, in particular his poster designs. From the 1940s to the 1960s Picasso produced hundreds of designs for posters, many advertising exhibitions of his work. They are interesting and important not only for their striking simplicity and bold color, but also because they sum up many of the expressionist ideas he had developed from Guernica onword. Themes and images from his paintings and ceramics such as bulls and goats, faces and the dove of peace recur and give remarkable coherence to this body of work. Picasso Posters presents a comprehensive panorama of Picasso's poster art. An illustrated introduction tells the story of Picasso's long life and career, and sets his poster work in the context of the genre's history and of his paintings, drawings, and sculpture. Sixty of Picasso's finest posters are reproduced in large-scale color plates, making Picasso Posters a sumptuous., informative, and much-needed study of this little-known aspect of the master's work."--Publisher's description

Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue written by National Gallery (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: