Lettering and Typography: Chinese Beverages

Monkey King Belly Washers

Guangzhou, China, 2005

Coca-Cola

Guangzhou, China, 2005

Coca-Cola

Hong Kong, 2005

Disneyland Opening

Asia Sarsae (Root Beer)

Guangzhou, China, 2015

Watson’s Sarsae (Root Beer)

Guangzhou, China, 2015

Monkey Head Mushroom Drink

Guangzhou, China, 2015

Tea

Guangzhou, China, 2015

Tea

Guangzhou, China, 2015

(Next post on Monday: Timely Comics Moved to the Empire State Building in the Summer of 1943)

Lettering and Typography: Boston Chinese Restaurants

Cathay House

70 Beach Street

 

Joy Hong Low

8 Tyler Street

Hon Hong Low
25 Tyler Street

Medical Aid for China
87 Beacon Street
(not a restaurant)

The Good Earth
5 Tyler Street
Postcard
Business Card

Empire Garden Restaurant
690 Washington Street
former theater

(Next post on Monday: Chinese Beverages)

Year of the Monkey, 4714

Happy New Year
Yen Liang
J.B. Lippincott Company, 1961
Front and back covers

Johnson Smith & Company Catalog No. 148
1938, back cover

February 8, 2016 begins the Year of the Monkey, 4714

(Next post on Monday: Boston Chinese Restaurants)

Under Cover: Harlin Quist Books 1998

The 24-page books are 6.1875 inches / 15.72 centimeters square.

The Alligator and the Crocodile

by Kaye Saari and Henri Galeron

Dracula Spectacula
by John Goldthwaite and Nicole Claveloux

The Kidnapping of the Coffee Pot
by David McNeil and Jean-Pierre Lyonnet

(Next post on Monday: Year of the Monkey, 4714)