America's Making Told in Books – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with America's Making Told in Books, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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America's Making Told in Books
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Its title, "America's Making Told in Books," sets it apart from the other pictures on the Books board: it is a promotional poster that presents reading as a way to learn how the country was built. Printed in color in the 1920s, it belongs to a period when publishers and booksellers often used large, eye-catching posters to draw attention to new titles and series. The record credits the Michael Gross Co. of New York, but it does not say which books were advertised. The poster is worth studying for its message and style, which show how the interwar book trade tried to connect popular reading with national pride.
| Created / published | 1920s |
|---|---|
| Medium | print, poster, color, 54 x 35 cm. |
| Notes | The Michael Gross Co., New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,590 × 2,400 px · prints to 5 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172548 |
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