In this age of Mari-Kondo decluttering, I often rescue cast-offs from the trash. The typography, printing and packaging is just so authentic and representative of the design of the time. The Alphacolor chalk pastels were manufactured by the Weber Costello Company in Chicago Heights, IL in the 1960’s. Still brilliant and usable, I love the infographic layout on the inside front cover. The music symbol flash cards were manufactured by the Kenworthy Educational Service company in Buffalo, NY. These date from 1963 but I have seen math flash cards they made using the same ink that date from the 1940’s. The graphic cards are printed green ink, 2 sided on heavy cream card stock and the symbols almost look like a foreign language. I am still thinking about how to use them! Frame all 75? Slice and dice and collage? Stay tuned…
