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A huge resource of billhead art online

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Kevin Bergin
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A huge resource of billhead art online

Post by Kevin Bergin »

Hi guys,

I just stumbled across http://billheads.blogspot.com and I figured there's got to be a few of you that love old billhead as much as I do, so I just hadto share it. Hope you enjoy it! Does anyone else have a collection of billhead?

Kevin
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Re: A huge resource of billhead art online

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Nice find kevin.
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Tony Segale
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Re: A huge resource of billhead art online

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sweet find.

much obliged.
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Chris Fernandes
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Re: A huge resource of billhead art online

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do you think that the original artwork done for these is the same scale as on the billlhead. Also what would be the original medium Pens, watercolor, brushes? I dont know much about illustration or calligraphy.
Kevin Bergin
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Re: A huge resource of billhead art online

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I'm not 100% on what the initial medium was- I'm guessing it was either done in pen, and transferred to lithography plates or engraved by hand into metal plates. Most of it is one color- black, and all of the differences you see in tone are done by varying line width and crosshatch spacing.

I know it's a little bit of a shaky picture, but you can see the process in more detail here

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Larry White
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Re: A huge resource of billhead art online

Post by Larry White »

Here's another website worth trolling through...

Classic Ragtime Sheet Music

More great oldtime layouts and some really nice fonts as well!

-Aho!

HEY! My signature is back! THANKS!
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