Archive for June, 2008
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Back in the USSR
The things you find in family basements… RED FAIR OPENS IN NEW YORK The Soviet Exhibition of Science, Technology and Culture opens in the Coliseum, an impressive panorama of Soviet advances in many fields topped off by scale models of the Red space satellites. Frol R. Kozlov, number 3 man in the Kremlin, flies in, [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Dittrich,Vintage Publications by Tracy
Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Popeye’s Favorite Vegetable
I grew spinach for the first time this year. As a crop it is easy to cultivate. The important thing to remember is to plant it early in the season (early to mid-April in Washington state) and soak the seeds overnight in cold water before sowing. A few rains later the seedlings will begin to grow. [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Personal news,Recipes and food by Tracy
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Sons of the Dragon
Boy, they don’t make books like this any more! Matching inside binding papers, litho color illustrations, printed hardcovers… all in the spirit of 1940s chinoiserie and forming a streamlined, decorative whole. I particularly like the populuxe style of the title page font below. It reminds me of the 1942 World’s Fair signage in New York. [...]
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Aunt Dorothy
Not my Aunt Dorothy, but a copperplate etching made of the aunt of my friend, Seattle artist Elizabeth Aurich. Dorothy is in her 90s and still lives in her own apartment. Elizabeth describes her as “very happy.” I saw a photograph of this lady, and while she looks more concrete in real life, the etching [...]
