Week 13: April 23: FIELD GUIDE WORKSHOP

Barnes’ Map of Philadelphia, 1861, via Free Library of Philadelphia; modified with Smoke Signals, WPA Poster Collection, via The Free Library’s Digital Collection; and Communication Tower; WPA Poster Collection, via The Free Library

Your Field Guide drafts are due before class today; Shannon will provide edits within two days. We’ll use our class time for individual consultations with Elaine and group edits. 

Sample border in the Printers’ Handy Book of Specimens: Exhibiting the Choicest Productions of Every Description Made at the Johnson Type Foundry: Comprising Every Article Essential for a Book, Newspaper, or Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, 1871); via the NYPL Digital Collections