1906 Shorts
Description: In 1906 the first "W. T. Grant Co. 25 Cent Store" opened in Lynn, Massachusetts. Modest profit, coupled with a fast turnover of inventory, allowed the stores to grow to almost $100 million annual sales by 1936. By the time Grant died in 1972 at age 96, his chain of W. T. Grant Stores had grown to almost 1,200. At the company's end, headquarters were atop One Astor Plaza, a prominent building of New York City's skyline on Times Square. Grant's stores were slower than others to adapt to the growth of the suburbs and the change in shopping habits that this entailed, and the attempt to correct this was belated. W. T. Grant's bankruptcy in 1976, which was the then-second biggest in US history.
Description: HMS Dreadnought is a battleship of United Kingdom, first commissioned in 1906. This vintage naval artwork depicts a choppy North Sea with a towering mast, funnel smoke and distant escort silhouettes. Weathered steel, directional light and foaming waves give the main vessel depth and a sense of movement, while ship-name lettering and a country emblem complete the composition. A historical illustration for naval enthusiasts, maritime collectors and military history readers. Every image in this collection is created with care and the intention of making its details as complete and historically accurate as possible. The scene is an artistic reconstruction, not a documentary photograph; the commissioning year refers to the vessel’s first entry i
Description: Vintage Western Kentucky Hilltoppers design featuring the WKU red towel emblem, bold varsity lettering, distressed red and white graphics, and 1906. A retro collegiate design for Western Kentucky University students, alumni, and Hilltoppers fans.
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers WKU Vintage College 1906 Shorts
by crampusox
$21 $27
Description: Illustrated by Brazilian artist Henrique Alvim Corrêa for the French 1906 edition of War of the Worlds. From the Public Domain Review website, “‘Alvim Corrêa’, Wells said after the artist had died, ‘did more for my work with his brush than I with my pen’.” Presented here with my own humble flourishes.
