Title	Prominent Men of Scranton and Vicinity (section title), 1906
Alternative Title	Prominent Men of Scranton & Vicinity - Title Page Design, 1906 (Stoddard)
Identifier	pwc-cov_0013
Description	Section title page from the 1906 volume 'Prominent Men: Scranton and Vicinity, Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity, Pittston, Hazleton, Carbondale, Montrose and Vicinity, Pennsylvania' by Dwight J. Stoddard. This page introduced the section on Prominent Men of Scranton and Vicinity and features lettering and illustration by artist P. W. Costello.
Dimensions	6 in x 9 in
Artist	Costello, P. W., 1866-1935
Subject	Penmanship, American Title pages in art Illustration of books Scranton (Pa.) -- History Dimmick, J. Benjamin Scranton, George W. (George Whitfield), 1811-1861 -- Portraits Scranton, Joseph H. (Joseph Hand), 1813-1872 -- Portraits
Local Tags	digitized cover art Medieval German Text Block
Commentary by the Artist and Others	Thomas W. Costello, great-grandson of the artist, comments: 'Mr. Costello decorated the area around and between the photos with finely-drawn filigree and stone pebbles. He used a Celtic design of intertwining vines and clover around all four borders. The title at the top of the page, 'Prominent Men', is lettered in an outlined medieval style. At bottom, 'Scranton & Vicinity' is lettered in a variation of German Text. For the words, 'Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 1906,' he used a decorative form of Block Lettering. Mr. Costello often took conventional letter forms and made them his own by adding small curves to the body or serif of the letter.'
Date Created	1906
Decade	1900-1909
Category	Cover art
Geographic Location	Scranton (Pa.)
Collection	P. W. Costello and Family Art Collection Scranton Local History Collection
Source	Private collection of Thomas W. Costello
Access Rights	Public
Type	Still image Text
Format	image/tiff
Language	eng
Rights URI	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Rights	Public Domain (United States)
URL	https://archive.org/stream/prominentmenscra00stod#page/n16/

Prominent Men of Scranton and Vicinity (section title), 1906

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