Dr. Walls insisting that “People are honest. Give them a chance to prove it.” From an advertisement for the White Dentists in the Pittsburgh Post, February 22, 1925.
Making a Point
Tag Archives: Pointing
Pointing Figure in Chair
| Description | English: Silhouette of a seated figure pointing |
| Date | 27 October 1900 |
| Source | Advertisement in Caras y Caretas |
| Author | Anonymous |
Hand Pointing Up and to the Right
| Description | English: Index pointing up and to the right |
| Date | 1917 |
| Source | Adapted from an advertisement in Cine-Mundial (https://archive.org/details/cinemundial02unse/page/n13/mode/2up?q=%22bower+hesser%22) |
| Author | Anonymous |
“That’s the Way Out,” by Frederic R. Gruger
| Description | English: Illustration by Frederic R. Gruger for “An Impossible Possibility” by Elliott Flower in the Century Magazine |
| Date | 1904 |
| Source | The Century Magazine (https://archive.org/details/centuryillustrat69holl/page/76/mode/2up?view=theater) |
| Author | Frederic Rodrigo Gruger |
Large Index
| Description | English: Index from a Government Printing Office specimen book of 1891 |
| Date | 1891 |
| Source | Specimens of the Job Room Types, Government Printing Office (https://archive.org/details/specimensofjobro00unit/page/n69/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
A Fistful of Indexes
| Description | English: Index from an 1895 specimen book |
| Date | 1895 |
| Source | Specimens of type faces, stock cuts, initials, logotypes, etc., from the John Polhemus Printing Co, (https://archive.org/details/specimensoftypef00john/page/n1/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Some French Indexes
| Description | English: Indexes or manicules from an 1886 French type catalogue |
| Date | 1886 |
| Source | Fonderie Deberny & Cie. specimen book (https://archive.org/details/lelivrettypograp00fond/page/236/mode/2up?q=mains) |
| Author | Anonymous |
These scalable ornaments can be used at any size.
More Indexes
| Description | English: Indexes or manicules from a 1923 type catalogue |
| Date | 1923 |
| Source | ATF specimen book (https://archive.org/details/1923AmericanTypeFoundersSpecimenBookCatalogue/page/n617/mode/2up?q=indexes) |
| Author | Anonymous |
These scalable ornaments can be used at any size.
Pointing in Various Directions
| Description | English: Various manicules pointing in various directions |
| Date | 1888 |
| Source | Joseph Watson type catalogue (https://archive.org/details/Watson1888PrintingMaterials/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
These scalable illustrations can be used at any size.
Pointing
| Description | English: Hand pointing up and to the right |
| Date | 1922 |
| Source | Advertisement in Canadian Grocer (https://archive.org/details/cangrocerjulydec1922toro/page/n71/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
| Description | English: Hand pointing left and down |
| Date | 1919 |
| Source | Advertisement in Power House (https://archive.org/details/modpowerengin1919toro/page/n9/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
These scalable illustrations can be used at any size.