A beautiful photographic study of the earliest planned community in the U.S.

Fascinating salesman's catalogue produced by British Ford, marketing their cars to American dealerships.

Scarce book of design theory based on the broad concept of connections. Caplan, who was editor of INDUSTRIAL DESIGN magazine and teacher of design criticism at the School of Visual Arts in New York, was a consultant to the Herman Miller company and author of The Design of Herman Miller, published in 1976.

Interiors of abandoned homes and public buildings on the Great Plains, left behind by settlers over the previous two centuries; empty ruins bathed in golden light, gorgeously photographed by Fitch.

Seventies era color catalog for home decorating, divided into four sections, natural, traditional, contemporary and futuristic, curated by Duron's "color consultant" Connie Bledsoe as a guide to selecting complementary colors, with palettes in warm, cool and contrasting colors.

Cold War era proposal for school water fountain designs submitted to the Hungarian Ministry of Culture by Imparmüvészeti Vállalat, a ceramics design firm.

Advertising portfolio for the introduction of the pull-tab aluminum can, the packaging features a churchkey motif with the tagline "Who needs it? Nobody needs it!" Likely distributed to potential buyers like beer and soda producers, the portfolio contains samples of ads placed by Alcoa in major publications like LIFE and TIME, with information on their promotional schedule.

Photographs of student printers and instructors, nearly all from the New York School of Printing, most dated from the mid-1950s through the late 1960s.

WIth an introduction, "Industrial Archaeology and Industrial Heritage."