Various Artists – Bethlehem’s Grab Bag album art
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Cover for a compilation of big-band jazz by Bethlehem Records, designed by Tom Hannan.
The eclectic type mix includes three faces with roots in the 19th century: Jim Crow was originally cast by the Dickinson Type Foundry as Gothic Shade circa 1850. Renaissant likewise originated at Dickinson, in 1879. The condensed slab serif looks like a version of Skeleton Antique.
