Graphic Junk Collector

March 2, 2009 • 4:17 pm • POSTED BY Adam Flanagan

About a month ago Adam Garcia turned me on to the book Antique Packaging. I picked up a copy at The Strand, and it’s been getting me all excited for summer to get here so I can begin hording other people’s graphic junk from flea markets. In anticipation of the warm weather (who knew it would be snowing today) I took a trip up to Lancaster to explore some of the Pennsylvania Dutch country and their antique shops. I saw a lot of great stuff, and just thought I’d share some of my iPhone photos of the antique packaging I admired on this short trip. See it after the jump.

The first place I stopped was Dutch Haven, so I could enjoy some of their famous Shoofly Pie. In the back of Dutch Haven is Jakey’s Amish Barbeque, outside they were playing Men At Work’s “The Land Down Under.”

Here’s some of the packaging I found:

There was a wooden box for holding neckties with some awesome metal type on the lid.

Behind the necktie box was an old Singer sewing machine with some great illustration covering the entire machine.

This is a photo album.

An old check from Coca-Cola. I really like the die-cut/punched type. It reminds me a lot of this font Stag that I’ve been using.

PA Dutch country has some towns with very unique names, such as Intercourse, PA, this bag was for the bank of Paradise, PA.

Lots of great color illustration on packaging and books. My favorite by far was Oh-Kay Candy.