Benguiat Drawings

Photo of Ed Benguiat lettering sketch

Original (signed) drawings by type and lettering legend Ed Benguiat for his typeface Benguiat Gothic. Seen in the Type Gallery at TypeCon2004 in San Francisco on July, 24, 2004.

Photo of vintage metal and neon sign

Vintage sign seen in Chicago on March 30, 2004.

Car For Sale

Photo of a large amateur-made 'for sale' sign on the front bumper of a car

Photo taken August 1975, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.

Another Bingo Box

Photo of a vintage packaging design

Seen in an antique store in Prescott, Minnesota on July 10, 2004.

Detail from the cover of a book of American history and Bible stories published in 1890 in Chicago for Norwegian immigrants. My grandmother owned this when she was a child, and probably got it second-hand. If you look closely, you can see that some of the letters have been filled in with a pencil.

Seen in an antique store in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota on June 28, 2002.