Ladye Jane Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Arts

Early 20th Century Graphic Design in Raleigh


Following up where Late 19th Century Graphic Design in Raleigh left off, here are a few examples of collateral from the turn of the century. Businesses were slowly beginning to move away from the heavily ornate design from the Victorian era, and gravitate towards a more streamlined approach (without using 6 different typefaces on one piece of design).


Caraleigh Phosphate and Fertilizer Works, 1908


Job P. Wyatt & Son, 1908


G.L. Vinson Co., 1908


Jolly & Wynne Jewelry Co., 1909


W.A. Myatt, 1914


Commercial National Bank, 1920
Note that the former logo of the bank was at one time the swastika. Prior to being adopted as the symbol of the Nazi party, the swastika had positive connotations and denoted good luck.


Images courtesy of the Raleigh City Museum

 

 

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  • arthurb311/10 02:54 PM

    Love old things- buildings, paperwork, ect!

  • Betsy11/10 03:26 PM

    I love how, if the name of your bank changed, you could just cross it out on the check and write the new name in! 

    My grandmother told me that in the 1910s, a “check” was just any old piece of paper.  You simply signed your name to an amount, and made it out to the payee, and the recipient could present it at the bank it was drawn on and get cash. 

    Of course, this was probably only the case in small towns where everyone was well known.

  • JRD11/10 06:03 PM

    Wish we still had that bank building.  Id trade it for RBC any day.  IMO

  • roi11/10 09:01 PM

    One of the things that stands out to me is the wonderful penmanship.  Now that is a lost art.

  • roi11/10 09:03 PM

    One of the things that stands out to me is the wonderful penmanship.  Now that is a lost art.

  • Tony Woodard11/10 09:05 PM

    I belive that bank building still stands. It is on the SW corner of Hargett and Fayetteville and has a CVS on the ground floor.

  • Raleigh Boy11/10 11:06 PM

    Tony—The building depicted on that check is the Citizens National Bank, built in 1914 at the NE corner of Fayetteville and Martin. It was Raleigh’s tallest at the time. It later became the Security National Bank. By 1962 North Carolina National Bank occupied the building, which they demolished in 1964 and erected the 4-story black granite structure still standing on the site.

  • Mark McLawhorn11/15 08:25 PM

    pretty

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