Imagine just sitting around all day cutting pretty pictures from magazines! And I thought I’d finally found a job well-suited to my limited capabilities as an employee. Why would someone pay $10 for a picture cut from a 1964 LIFE magazine? But I realized that some customers planned to frame these pictures as artwork other customers were art students who needed sample illustrations of lions or zucchinis. At first I wasn’t exactly sure why this store existed. They were separated by subject dividers (fruits, musical instruments, fathers and sons, ladybugs) and you’d flip through them the same way we used to flip through lp records. The pictures were stored upright in bins, the way old record albums used to be displayed in music stores. Each illustration was neatly backed by a piece of cardboard and slipped inside a thin plastic bag. Several years ago I took a trip to Toronto and stumbled across a store that sold nothing but paper ephemera - illustrations, advertisements, and other pictures clipped from books, magazines, and calendars. They’re handing out full-size Baby Ruths and Butterfingers tonight! But first, let’s stop at the Johnsons’ house. Happy Halloween! Today’s Sunday Brunch contains some treats and tricks for readers of children’s books.
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