I Want to be a Coal Miner – Vintage children’s book

I Want to be a Coal Miner - Vintage Children's book

I saw this vintage children’s book at a thrift store called, I Want to be a Coal Miner. I thought that was a strange aspiration for a child and I had to thumb through it. It turns out that although the story is boring and borderline propagandistic, the illustration style was amazing. I ended up buying it and scanning in some of the best pages to share them on Flickr.

The above photo is my favorite page in the book. I love the large amount of looming negative space above the silhouetted figures and the little trees are very pretty.

Click here for the rest of the set.

PS. Be sure to look for the little promotion of DDT, the now banned pesticide!)

One Comment

  1. Alex
    Posted July 2, 2008 at 10:50 am | Permalink

    I like the style!

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