Branding: Country Prints Letterhead, c.1948

Object/Artifact

-

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Early Country Prints letterhead with Northfield address, c.1948.: Collection of Sara Leeper. Image: PKM.
Early Country Prints letterhead with Northfield address, c.1948.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Image: PKM.

Name/Title

Branding: Country Prints Letterhead, c.1948

Description

Early Country Prints letterhead with a two-color silkscreen print on flecked off-white paper depicting the company name, address and tag line, Pennsylvania “Dutch” motifs, and a rickrack style border at left. This is the same paper used for Country Prints product tags from 1948 through the 1950’s.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

1948 - 1950

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Northfield MA

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“Country Prints by Robert Darr Wert, Northfield, Mass.”, in block print, and “tradition for today”, in script.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Approximate

Height

8 in

Width

5-3/4 in

Color

Red, Blue