Honolulu Marigold Apartments Tropical Fish Folder

$105.00

Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii

1918

Color printed paper folder

Height 6 3/4" Width 3 3/4" (17.1 x 9.5 cm)

Provenance: Paul Kahn, San Francisco, CA

This folder advertised Child's Marigold Apartments in Honolulu and was issued through the Mid Pacific Folder Distributing Company in 1918. The cover presents a single reef fish moving through curling waves in deep green and yellow, a decorative treatment characteristic of Honolulu advertising art in the early twentieth century. Printed as a small folding leaflet meant to be carried or mailed, it survives as an example of the commercial graphic style used to promote residential living in Honolulu in the period.

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Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii

1918

Color printed paper folder

Height 6 3/4" Width 3 3/4" (17.1 x 9.5 cm)

Provenance: Paul Kahn, San Francisco, CA

This folder advertised Child's Marigold Apartments in Honolulu and was issued through the Mid Pacific Folder Distributing Company in 1918. The cover presents a single reef fish moving through curling waves in deep green and yellow, a decorative treatment characteristic of Honolulu advertising art in the early twentieth century. Printed as a small folding leaflet meant to be carried or mailed, it survives as an example of the commercial graphic style used to promote residential living in Honolulu in the period.

We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.