Last week while browsing MacLeod’s Books, I saw this 1936 Golden Jubilee poster amongst the Vancouver ephemera pamphlets. The poster was printed by Bulman Bros. (BC Ltd.) Vancouver, Canada. There’s no artist credit for the poster, but I wonder if it might have been one of the three musketeers: Paul Goranson, Orville Fisher, or E.J. Hughes? It is extraordinarily theatrical, and quite imposing! I don’t have the wallspace for this, but surely someone here does! The poster was $40, although there was a second tattered copy for a bit less.
This ceremonial commemorative style proclamation was repeated again in 1958 with this poster (photograph by Bob Kronbauer), which came with a book that was published for BC’s colonial centennial celebrations. Did anyone see anything similar for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee? Any one of our followers get a Diamond Jubilee medal?
Oh, and one more thing; I saw Claudia Cornwall speak at the West Van Library this week, and I highly recommend her new book on Kurt Lang. I’m mentioning a book on photography here because Claudia points out it was Kurt Lang who started the bookstore that would become MacLeod’s books! Check out the exhibit at SFU, and take note there’s a symposium on Curt Lang’s photography scheduled for Wednesday May 9, 2012 at 7pm. Room 1600, SFU Vancouver, 515 W. Hastings Street.
The Chuck Davis’ Guide to Vancouver, a book from 1973 designed by celebrated typographer Jim Rimmer, illustrated by John Robertson, and published by J.J. Douglas Ltd, West Vancouver. Chuck Davis of course went on to publish many more books about the city, including one last immense book due to appear on November 15, 2011 appropriately titled the History of Metropolitan Vancouver. I had the pleasure of working with Chuck Davis on the Vancouver Historical Society production of City Reflections a few years ago. Much of my great respect for the city comes from him! And if you haven’t already perused his immense online resource VancouverHistory.ca, go there now!
Expo 86 colour guide by architectural illustrator Robert McIlhargey. Robert McIlhargey, along with associate Lori Brown were largely responsible for much of the concept rendering work commissioned for Expo 86 from 1982-86. The pair has also had a hand in most of the major urban planning projects in Vancouver during the 80’s and 90’s. Bob passed away in 1998, and Lori has continued to draw Vancouver projects to the present time. Following the success of the work at Expo 86, the firm went on to do more work for Expo 92 in Seville, and again worked on the 2010 Olympic bid from 1997-2004.
I heard there were some fairly major traffic snarls yesterday on a few of our finest bridges. It’s bound to happen with bridges. Here’s the idyllic depiction, simple black & white poster illustrations from a map called BC Government Lower Mainland Highway Traffic System, seen at the VPL Special Collections, SPEMAPC 912.71133 B8623L 1960. This souvenir map was issued to celebrate the opening of The Second Narrows Bridge, August 25th, 1960.
