MORE CARDS FOR SUMMER
Card No. 1. Size 9½×20 inches. Gold mat board with a cut-out picture pasted near the top as shown. The checker-board border was made with bright red. The word “Dresses” was lettered with No. 12 brush using bright red showcard color. This line of lettering was also shaded and striped with white showcard color. The small lines of lettering were done with No. 4 model “C” speed ball pen, using regular ink for pen work. The numeral “4” was lettered with white and then lightly air-brushed or shaded with dark red.
Card No. 2. Size 16×22 inches. Dark brown cardboard with the letter “W” in light green, outlined with gold. The balance of the first two lines of lettering was done with No. 12 brush using cream showcard color. The last three lines were made with a smaller brush using light red showcard color and mixed with yellow to form a very pale pink.
Card No. 3. Size 8½×13 inches. Plain white cardboard, round-cornered, with border outside of the panel air-brushed in light yellow. The flowers which show faintly in the reproduction were violets made with a small brush, using purple ink. The vines were done in light green. The lettering was done with model “C” speed ball pens, using gray ink for shading the words, “Men’s Shirts.” The numeral “3” was outlined in white.
Card No. 4. Size 9×5½ inches. Plain white cardboard lettered with No. 12 brush and black showcard color. The border and the figures were then airbrushed in purple ink and the face of the figures striped with white.
ATTRACTIVE SUMMER DESIGNSPlates used by permission of Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co., St. Louis.
ATTRACTIVE SUMMER DESIGNS
Plates used by permission of Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co., St. Louis.