Description: From the cover of the 1925 book that adapted Arnold Fanck's groundbreaking film to print. The Wonders of Skiing was considered the first feature-length documentary, filmed in the mountains of Germany using novel and breathtaking techniques to capture the excitement of alpine skiing. The film is largely responsible for the mass appeal of skiing as a pastime.
Description: Arthur Eric Rowton Gill was an English sculptor, typeface designer, and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco movements. The Gill family moved to Capel-y-ffin in the Black Mountains of South Wales in 1924, and it was here he began working for the Golden Cockerel Press run by Robert Gibbings. In all Gill made some 280 blocks and plates in preparation for a dozen books. Eve was originally published in 1926, and used as an illustration in the Engravings of Eric Gill in 1929. The image is now in the public domain.
Description: Arthur Eric Rowton Gill was an English sculptor, typeface designer, and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco movements. The Gill family moved to Capel-y-ffin in the Black Mountains of South Wales in 1924, and it was here he began working for the Golden Cockerel Press run by Robert Gibbings. In all Gill made some 280 blocks and plates in preparation for a dozen books. Eve was originally published in 1926, and used as an illustration in the Engravings of Eric Gill in 1929. The image is now in the public domain.
Description: Adapted from a vintage patch for this long-gone sportsman's club on Governor's Island that pre-dates the Army's closing of the facility in 1964. Perhaps you know somebody who served at Fort Jay and remembers this organization. Or maybe you just want a shirt that will turn some heads in the city.
