What a spectacular box of stationery I found at my neighborhood antique mall this afternoon! I love the lettering and imagery on the box and the lightning-bolt motif.
Southworth paper has special meaning for me. Not only was this the first company to produce paper especially for typewriters, but it was founded by my great-great-great-grandfather Wells Southworth.
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Oh, wow! That is a wonderful design, congrats on finding it. I have some airmail paper from 40 years ago but no envelope.
ReplyDeleteI used to get really excited when as a boy, my parents would receive a letter from Europe in a thin blue envelope and paper.
I found old business correspondance from 1916 and thereabout, the full cotton or linen paper is thinner than the current Southworth parchment.
Ah, back when an intercontinental communication was really something! Thanks for commenting.
DeleteVery nice! Thanks for the scans :D
ReplyDeleteVery cool!
ReplyDeleteThere is an old memory here. There is a movie with Sean Connery called Finding Forester. Sean plays a reclusive writer who takes a young man under his wing. Sean has only written one book, but it is a modern day classic. I can't remember what the name of the book was, but your new/old stationary was the book cover art. It is a very good movie, especially for a typewriter buff.
ReplyDeleteOh, neat! I saw that movie when it came out, but didn't remember the book.
DeleteBeautiful stuff! And what a great personal connection!
ReplyDeleteInteresting history, and a nice find.
ReplyDeleteI remember that stationary and envelopes from my Childhood when we'd get letters from family members stationed in Europe when they were in the military.