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Angel DeCora; binding, title page, and initials; Wigwam Stories; 1901–1909
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we pay tribute to Angel DeCora, the multitalented graphic artist whose lettering filled the pages of books like this one in the early 1900s. More: https://letterformarchive.org/news/angel-decoras-lettering-in-the-indians-book/
The Archive is located on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples. Consider a Yunakin land tax: https://www.ramaytush.org/donate.html
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Cropped detail of a page from Wigwam Stories showing a drop cap “A” made of curved lines and surrounded by phases of the moon. A woman inside the “A” looks upward.
Cropped detail of a page from Wigwam Stories showing a drop cap “A” made of tree branches with a wolf peering through.
Title page of Wigwam Stories with the following text:
WIGWAM STORIES
TOLD BY NORTH
AMERICAN INDIANS
COMPILED BY
MARY CATHERINE JUDD
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ANGEL de CORA
(CHINOOK • MAHIWI • KILINAKA)
BOSTON • USA
GINN & COMPANY
ATHENAEUM PRESS
1909
Binding of a book showing the front cover and spine. The cover has a “WIGWAM STORIES” title featuring triangular lettering.