Count Alexis de Tocqueville on the progress of democracy
Jacques Nathan Garamond, 1955
Thomas Paine on the value of freedom
S. Neil Fujita, 1953
Jane Addams on the basis of civilization
George Giusti, 1956
Horace Mann on achieving greatness
Lester Beall, 1955
Balasar Gracian on the ways of hate
Sister Corita Kent, 1958
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Round two of ads from the Great Ideas series is an illustrative cross-section of 20th century greats. Each time I visit this collection, I am again moved by the progressive ideas paired with such remarkable images—an ad campaign that presented the best that civilization had to offer.
[ All images from the Great Ideas book published in 1976 by Container Corporation of America ]
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Sandi Vincent grew up in the bay area of California surrounded by mid-century modern architecture and other influences responsible for her affinity for the period and its pop style, including her early exposure to The Monkees, The Avengers and Gerald McBoing-Boing. Sandi now resides in Portland and is a board member of a local nonprofit preservation group, the Mid-Century Modern League. In her day job at a community foundation, she sports the web/social media/print materials coordinator title.
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