Scientific American, Vol. 77, No. 2 (1897)
Scientific American volume 77 number 2 from 1897 is a weekly American science and invention periodical, here reproduced as a page of classified trade advertisements for machinery, tools, bicycles, patents and sundries aimed at businesses and mechanically minded readers. The pictures are dense late-Victorian commercial layouts with bold display type, ruled borders and small engraved product drawings, offering a designer ideas for period advertising typography, boxed headlines and mixed-size lettering.
