Been on a process of dropping all pending Steam trade card drops that I have, had over 300 games still with drops when I started this and now getting closer to 50 games remaining! It's been a slog.

One thing I have learnt in this process, only an Unreal Engine game can have your system's fans going crazy just being sat on the title screen.

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Trautmann, Bailey, and Blampey (lithographers), trade card for Bortree Manufacturing Co., NY, ca. 1880.

In 2023 we announced that the Richard Sheaff Ephemera Collection had found a home at Letterform Archive: https://letterformarchive.org/news/richard-sheaff-vintage-ephemera/?utm_source=Mastodon The work to process over 26,000 trade cards, visiting cards, labels, tickets, and other ephemera is ongoing. Here’s another peek.

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Our last Mastodon post of 2023 is also our 500th. We love it here and intend to keep on sledding. See you for the next 500!

Image: Arctic Hams Sugar Cured in Artificial Temperature, Schmidt Lithography Company, ca. 1870. Read more about the Richard Sheaff Ephemera Collection: https://letterformarchive.org/news/richard-sheaff-vintage-ephemera/

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Trade Card for Leader sewing machines, Hutchinson & Co., Illinois, ca. 1890.

Thanks to Dick Sheaff for leading us to this one. Read about his huge collection of ephemera coming to the Archive: https://letterformarchive.org/news/richard-sheaff-vintage-ephemera/

#19thCentury #1890s #TradeCards #GraphicDesign #Ephemera #Lettering #Typography

Self-described "Paper fetishsts" are my kind of people.

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