Category: Illustration

Jim Flora, Richard Strauss 10″ Record Cover

Here’s a 10″ record I haven’t seen pictured. It is not signed or mentioned on the back but it is listed on the Columbia Records section on the Jim Flora site as one of his designs. I knew it had to be a Flora design since the moment I saw it. Always happy to find Jim Flora records. I have more but they all have been featured many times on other sites.

Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

Design: Jim Flora  |  Year: 1954  |  Photo: Javier Garcia

UPDATE: at the time I wrote this post, there wasn’t any info available and I just found out that there is an article on the Jim Flora blog. Seems to be quite a rare piece.

Stanley Stubenberg

I usually do photos of my own findings but I think Stanley Stubenberg deserves a spot here. He was a noted Hawaiian artist. His work,  mostly Hawaiian themed, is featured on the Tiki Moden book. He worked on many restaurant menu’s as well as several books on Hawaiian culture.

The only piece I own is the Young Folk’s Hawaiian Time: A Collection of True Hawaiian Children’s Stories by Genie Pitchford which has bee featured in a lot of places. More images on this Flickr photostream by Lynne’s Lens

I also highly suggest you swing by Arkiva Tropika they have a wonderful collection of Polynesian Pop ephemera, mostly pre-1970.

Above images via: Arkiva Tropika

Image via: Lynne’s Lens

Joseph Low, Haydn Record Cover

Here’s another Haydn Society record designed and Illustrated by Joseph Low. As you can see the level of detail on his designs is amazing. Always love his plays with overprinting. Lots of texture. This is definitely my favorite of his record designs.

Other pieces of his work posted: Gods, Graves & Scholars book, Master Pieces of Music, Bach/ Finn Videro, Bach / Finn Videro 2, Bach, Buxtehiude and Haydn.

Design: Joseph Low  |  Year: 1951  |  Photos: Javier García

Quick Snaps: Frigidaire, Kitchen of Tomorrow

Thanks to Mr. Brent Couchman, I was able to visit the Paper Fair in San Francisco. We both found some amazing stuff but ran out of time. Here’s one that didn’t get to come with me. It’s a foldout pamphlet for Frigidaire titled “Kitchen of Tomorrow”. Sorry for the crappy iPhone photos. Click on images to enlarge.

Design: Unknown   |   Year: 1955  |  Photos: Javier García

Ed Kysar – A Christmas Recital

Here’s A Christmas Recital with Alexander Schreiner at the Tabernacle Organ. Put out by the Concert Hall Society and designed by Ed Kysar. The recors is not in it’s greatest shape but some of those white spots are actually designed that way. Awesome patterns and shapes.

I should have posted this one on the Holidays but I had no time to snap a photo of it. Still celebrating right?

Here are other Ed Kysar records I found on flickr:
Mark Twain and other folks favorites »
Joseph Haydn »

Design: Ed Kysar   |   Year: ?   |   Photos: Javier García