Kirke Bryan – Historical Society of Montgomery County, PA

Kirke Bryan Christmas Cards

by Nancy Sullivan

Since its December, I thought a display of Christmas produced by Kirke Bryan, printer and president of the Historical Society of Montgomery County from 1943 to 1950. We have a large collection of his Christmas cards and booklets donated by Margaret Thompson. Bryan produced cards for Sessler’s Bookshop, a Philadelphia institution which closed in 1986. … Read More »Kirke Bryan Christmas Cards

Metamorphosis

by Nancy Sullivan

A metamorphosis is a printed document with flaps that, as the reader unfolds them, transform the original illustration into a new one. Here’s an example: