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These are early 20th-century paper samples, promotional covers/booklets,
and a later matted print related to the printing and paper industry (primarily around 1910),
plus one mid-20th-century automotive illustration. custom matting1. “Cloth-of-Gold Covers” sample (Advertisers Paper Mills)
• Golden-brown/orange cover paper with embossed archway design, decorative figures (including a lion-like creature), and text promoting “Cloth-of-Gold Covers” printed by “your printer—every printer wherever printers print.”2. “Golden Anniversary” sample / bookplate (MCMX / 1910)
• Cream-colored two-ply Sylvan Bristol paper with “Marigold” Embossed/gilt coat of arms (crown, cherubs/angels, shield , cities New York / Chicago
3. “National Rotary Perforating Machine” brochure/sample
• Cream/marble-finish cover with gold/black “NATIONAL” lettering, American-flag shield with U.S. map outline, and “ROTARY PERFORATING MACHINE.”
• From National Perforating Machine Company, Kansas City, Mo.
4. Matted “First Chevrolet, 1913”
• Color illustration of an early open touring car (yellow/black body, tan top, white-wall tires) labeled “First Chevrolet, 1913.”
• Matted in brown for a 9″ × 12″
