07.11.09
Eric Baker | Today Column

Today, 07.11.09


Today: Postcards from Hell. With a hearty salute to Martin Parr.






























Eric Baker Design Associates is a Manhattan-based design firm established in 1986. Eric teaches the history of graphic design and corporate identity at the School of Visual Arts, and has twice received National Endowment for the Arts Grants for independent design history projects. He is inveterate collector of books and ephemera. Editor's Note: All images link to their original source and are copyright their original owners.






Comments [6]

A coffin? Are you supposed to send a message from beyond the grave saying "wish you were here"? Creepy.
Kisher
07.13.09
01:04

This was a delightful way to kick off my Monday morning, thank you.
David
07.13.09
09:46

Hell? Or perhaps just artifacts from another time.
Go to any card display today and you will also see "hell."
Leslie
07.15.09
11:33

The interiors remind me of Amy Arbus photos of same.
Claudia Mohr
07.15.09
04:57

Love these as well but the colors aren't kodachrome per say(most of these are much older than kodachrome) but the printing process postcards were done with in the 50's and 60s. And the post office shot is a hand tinted black and white
Brook
07.30.09
10:26

That coffin was priceless. It looks so...comfortable.
Ben Weeks
08.07.09
11:02


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