Mineralogical Records

I have been delighted by these beautiful little compositions over the past week. There are literally thousands of labels archived in the Mineralogical Record Label Archive. The site is unbelievably difficult to navigate (keep advancing the number at the end of the URL http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=3), but after combing through the first mere 500, here are a few of my favorites.

Here's why:
-bleeding ink
-scratch marks
-yellowed paper
-the mix of printed type with handwriting
-purple typewriter ink
-beveled corners
-big fancy numbers
-stamps
-coffee stains
-enumeration
-tiny sketches
-the use of sticker labels