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Advertisement for the Two O’Clock Club

A caricature of a seated woman, smiling, with her right hand touching the left side of her face, while her legs dangling above the words “2 O’Clock Club”. The advertisement lists headliners and an appealing “Never a Cover Charge” note.
Published December 6, 2023
Categorized as Artifacts Tagged 1930s, 30s, two o clock club

Afro American Newspaper

AFRO News logo
Published December 6, 2023
Categorized as Artifacts Tagged 1800s, Afro Newspaper, media

A Catalogue of Type

A 234-page catalog titled “A Catalogue of Type.” The book cover is orange with blue and brown stripes intersecting in the center.
Published December 6, 2023
Categorized as Artifacts Tagged Advertising, Catalog, Newpapers, Typography

Chicory

Published December 6, 2023
Categorized as Artifacts Tagged 60s, 70s, 80s, Chicory, Enoch Pratt

Ottobar Posters

A huge red and white cat is drawn in a simple, cartooon-ish style, mid-yawn on a background of clouds. The cat's long fur flows into the hair of a person playing an electric guitar, who seems to be floating off of the ground, like they're being swept away by the music. Behind the guitarist is a half-stack amplifier with the name Ottobar on the head and the Ottobar's logo - a cat batting at a martini glass - silhouetted on the cabinet in black and white.
Published December 6, 2023
Categorized as Artifacts Tagged Illustration, Music, Poster

Mr. Boh Logo/Mascot

Logo for National Bohemian Beer. The logo features the image of a character known as "Mr. Boh", a whimsical, one-eyed, mustachioed figure with a wide smile and a classic feel. Behind him is red rounded rectangle with yellow trim, that contains the brand name "National Bohemian" in all caps.
Published December 6, 2023
Categorized as Artifacts Tagged Logo, Mascot

UB Big Caps Book

Interior spread of UB Big Caps, showing a grid of various black dingbat characters on white newsprint paper.
Published December 6, 2023
Categorized as Artifacts Tagged Big Caps, Dave Patschke, UB, Ubalt

Greetings from Baltimore postcards

"Greetings from Baltimore" — Picture postcards with multiple images of Baltimore often framed within the letters B-A-L-T-I-M-O-R-E.
Published December 6, 2023
Categorized as Artifacts Tagged Art Nouveau, Moderism, Postcards, Tourism, Travel, Vintage

Old Bay

This is one of the original packaging and designs created for Old Bay seasoning. this is a can from the 1950s containing the original "The Baltimore Spice Co" label prior to McCormick purchasing the seasoning in 1990. As you can see the original label stated it was a Seafood seasoning due to it originally being marketed to fish markets around Baltimore. Today we now see this seasoning on many different variations of food.
Published December 5, 2023
Categorized as Artifacts Tagged branding, Victorian

Baltimore Orioles Logo

Current Orioles logo, featureing a cartoon bird face in black and orang, wearing a black baseball cap with an orange script "O"
Published December 5, 2023
Categorized as Artifacts Tagged 60's, Logo

Baltimore Ravens Logo (1996-1998)

A triangular pointed shield, with the letter B as a central element of the logo, wings on each side of the logo, the name Ravens on top of the shield, and the cross of the Maryland flag on the bottom of the shield. The colors of the logo include black, metallic gold, purple, and white.
Published December 5, 2023
Categorized as Artifacts Tagged branding, Copyright dispute, Sports

2015 Maryland Film Festival Branding Campaign

Four images represent different aspects of Post Typography’s branding campaign for the 2015 Maryland Film Festival. Whimsical illustrations of film reels as ice cream cones topped with sprinkles that look like play, pause and fast forward icons reflect the festival’s “2015 Flavors of Film” theme. The poster background features a grid of colorful circle icons representing different genres of film including martial arts, spaghetti western and animation against a dark purple backdrop. The illustrations reference a pop art style by portraying mundane objects, such as film reels, as something else in a colorful way. The overall design aesthetic references modernism because it features a grid and simple sans serif typography. The ice cream reel illustration was used in a poster, billboard and t-shirt design.
Published December 5, 2023
Categorized as Artifacts Tagged branding, Modernism, Movies, Post Typograpy

Doritos SOLID BLACK

Published December 5, 2023
Categorized as Artifacts Tagged doritos, memphis style