Religious Book Week – Vintage Print
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This rare vintage poster captures Religious Book Week in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Religious Book Week
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This color lithograph poster carries the slogan "Good Books Build Character," which sets its message of moral reading directly against the commercial advertising of its era. Charles Buckles Falls, an American illustrator of the 1900s and 1910s who was known for bold, graphic poster work, made it around 1925 to promote Religious Book Week. Such campaigns, promoted by churches, publishers and libraries, encouraged families and congregations to buy and read devotional and moral literature. The poster shows how the advertising art of the period borrowed the striking simplicity of modern graphic design to sell an idea as much as a book.
| 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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