Exploring Printing History at the Newberry Library

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Illustrated by artist John Averill. The 1937 exhibition was presented by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company in cooperation with the Art Directors Club of New York at the Lakeside Press Galleries.

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1929-1930 Christmas and New Year card from the Lakeside Press.

The Lakeside Press was the printing firm of the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, where Chicago designer and typographer Burton Cherry began his career. Starting as a journeyman compositor and production operator, Cherry eventually worked as a designer under William A. Kittredge.

Burton Cherry Ephemera Collection (box 3, folder 62)

Newberry call number: Case Wing folio ZC 1 .183

1956 advertisement for Artype transparent, self-adhering acetate sheets featuring hand-lettered alphabets (”actual type faces [...] selected by master typographers and designers”), numbers, reference letters, arrows, symbols, borders, and more in a range of styles and sizes.

Burton Cherry Ephemera Collection (box 1, folder 9)

Newberry call number: Case Wing folio ZC 1 .183

1933 Japanese wood block print on Mulberry paper. Collected by Burton Cherry, Chicago-based designer and typographer.

Burton Cherry Ephemera Collection (box 7, folder 125)

Newberry call number: Case Wing folio ZC 1 .183

Merry Christmas in July! May your summer days be jolly.  

Holiday cards by Chicago designer and typographer Burton Cherry.

Burton Cherry Ephemera Collection (box 1, folder 15)

Newberry call number: Case Wing folio ZC 1 .183

1955 advertisement for Furst-McNess Company’s Beauty-Queen cosmetics. “Rich oils, feather-soft powders, wonderfully delicate fragrance ... all the finest possible compounds” formulated and processed in their very own “sunlight laboratories” by “experienced chemists”. Sold only by personal consultants. The featured model seems very satisfied with her tub of “Hormone Cream”.

Burton Cherry Ephemera Collection (box 1, folder 10)

Newberry call number: Case Wing folio ZC 1 .183

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It’s not simply a farm. It’s not exactly a zoo. It’s both, and that little girl gets it.

Hawthorn-Mellody Farms was located in Libertyville, Illinois and ran from the early 1900s through 1970 (see Living History of Illinois and Chicago). In 1937, John S. Cuneo Sr. bought the farm and the Cuneo Mansion from Samuel Insull (see Cuneo Museum - Wikipedia).

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Cuneo was also the founder of the Cuneo Press, where influential Chicago designer and typographer Burton Cherry was Director of Design and Typography.

Burton Cherry Ephemera Collection (box 1, folder 16)

Newberry call number: Case Wing folio ZC 1 .183

Happy Friday the 13th.

Halloween invitation by Chicago designer and typographer Burton Cherry.

A grand march with a mysterious end? Spooooky...

Burton Cherry Ephemera Collection (box 1, folder 6)

Call number: Case Wing folio ZC 1 .183