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Hallowe’en Festival ticket, Special School, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 28, 1926

Photo(s) by Alan Mays. Imported from Flickr on Oct 23, 2021. Artwork published in
circa October 1926
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    Hallowe’en Festival ticket, Special School, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 28, 1926
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    A ticket for a Halloween festival held in 1926 at a school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Landis Art Press (formerly Pluck Art Printery) printed the ticket.

    For another 1920s Halloween ticket by Landis Art Press, see Black Cat Dance Ticket, Lancaster, Pa., October 27, 1922.

    The typeface used for most of the text is Dante (Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, before 1889). There’s also (small) caps from a grotesque (“including refreshments”) and an italic (“Landis Art Press”).

    Halloween Festival
    Special School, 128 North Mulberry St.
    Thursday, October 28, 1926, 7 to 10 P.M.
    Tickets, including refreshments, 10c.
    Landis Art Press

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    • Dante (BB&S)
    • unidentified typeface

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