Author: Jeff Willett

The Ragtime Era lasted from the 1890’s to the 1910’s, and the Jazz Era followed in the 1920’s, ending (arguably) with the start of the Great Depression. These were the times when artwork on the covers of sheet music was most diverse and of its highest quality.

Crate labels are examples of advertising art or decorative ephemera that illustrate our country’s vast agricultural history.

In the 1950’s and 60’s, movie studios used the sex appeal of glamour girls to attract audiences to their motion pictures. In this era, a trio of peroxide-enhanced blonde bombshells emerged from American cinema.