Religious Book Week – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Religious Book Week, preserved in this vintage poster. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Religious Book Week
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The poster's message, "Good Books Build Character," frames reading as a moral discipline rather than simple entertainment. Religious Book Week was promoted in the United States in the 1920s by publishers, churches and religious groups who hoped to steer readers toward devotional and inspirational titles. Charles Buckles Falls, an illustrator known for graphic posters and alphabet books, made this color lithograph around 1925, when printed posters were a major tool for public campaigns. Its bold type and direct wording show how such campaigns used advertising methods to promote ideas as well as products.
| Created / published | c. 1925 |
|---|---|
| Medium | poster, lithograph, color, 53 x 34 cm. |
| Notes | Good Books Build Character. Falls, Charles Buckles, 1874-1960, artist |
| Original scan | 2,490 × 3,918 px · prints to 8 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | L-P-14 |
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