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Posted: 29 May 2013

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business cards •
ephemera •
Pennsylvania •
Harrisburg •
sheet music •
music books •
cards •
pianos •
printed •
advertisements •
Pa. •
Victorian •
W. H. Shoemaker •
Shoemaker •
Third Street •
Dauphin County •
nineteenth century •
trade cards •
3rd Street •
typefaces •
names •
corners •
diagonal •
circles •
old •
trees •
vintage •
antique •
paper •
green •
advertising •
type •
fonts •
19th century •
borders •
folded •
books •
organs •
ads •
typography •
music •

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W. H. Shoemaker, Sheet Music, Pianos, Organs, Harrisburg, Pa.

W. H. Shoemaker, Sheet Music, Pianos, Organs, Harrisburg, Pa.
W. H. Shoemaker, sheet music, pianos, organs, music books, No. 11 South Third Street, Harrisburg, Pa.

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 The Limbo Connection
The Limbo Connection club
Typographically interesting. Are the pictures connected in any way to the business being promoted? Too many fonts deployed, and the diagonal setting adds little either. It seems someone has thrown the entire contents of the print shop at a small business card. Note the precise use of punctuation which was the fashion at the time, though the comma after the fellow's name seems somehow misapplied.
6 months ago.
Alan Mays club has replied to The Limbo Connection club
Thanks, you've identified all the excesses of Victorian typography! The more typefaces, the better! Here's another example:
E. Oettel, Philadelphia Reliable Fancy Bakery and Confectionery, Lancaster, Pa.
6 months ago.

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