Welcome to my archive of reproductions.
Everything here is either a reproduction of something historical or something from film or television. Many of the historical reproductions are of aging and brittle ephemera, things like 1920s record sleeves, 1890s playing card tuck cases, or old book jackets for the purpose of preserving their design and function.
Other historical reproductions were produced purely for the act of reproduction, old passports, IDs, telegrams, etc. were produced either with online reference material or physical material found in secondhand shops or eBay.
Replica of an old box of phonograph needles that I made to hold new needles to keep in one of my portable phonographs.
Part replica, part repurposing. I took the elements of an old ad from 1926 for the very same model of phonograph I was selling at a consignment store. (With an updated price, of course. I certainly wouldn't sell this for the original 1926 asking price of only one dollar.)
Recreation of an old Pinkerton letterhead based on a low-resolution image found online. The only other image I had was from a close-up in an episode of Boardwalk Empire, but several details were modified from the image I had, but this came out very well.
A good example of one of countless replicas I've made simply for the love of the game. I find it keeps me attuned to the finer details, and adds to my mental catalog of design knowledge.
Replica of 1929 United States passport with several visas and pieces of ephemera that suggest the story of some kind of archaeologist and his journey to an exotic locale.
Close-up of a prop 1919 passport affixed with my own photograph. All referenced from an original passport, with the background being a pattern I cleaned up and recreated.
Replicas of old Bicycle tuck cases made to house original Bicycle cards from between 1887 and 1900, being that the originals have long been lost due to their age.
Replica of a 1920s prohibition agent ID. The cover was printed on white bookcloth, and the embossing done by an embosser I found at an antique store (not government related, but adds some wonderful texture to the photographs). I think this is another example of my "what the Hell, why not?" thinking, I was exploring archives online and found a ton of these IDs on a government website and thought it would be fun to have my own.
Behind this ID is a Department of State special agent ID from the same period, but the result was less than stellar and improvements have been made, but not printed.
Various documents related to the 1917 Zimmerman telegram and its decoding/translation done by British intelligence and the US Department of State, bringing the United States into the Great War. All meticulously hand-typed on an Underwood typewriter, with fake stamps recreated in photoshop and handwriting carefully copied with mine own hand.
A few samples of recreated 1910s to 1920s record sleeves made with scans of originals in my collection. Playing these records on my Victrola with sleeves that resemble the originals makes the experience feel that much more authentic. The Vocalion sleeve was completely vectorized by hand from an image online, but is true to the original.
A replica I made of a rare Edison novelty that depicts the transformation of one image to another, as if by magic. As a phonograph collector and enthusiast of strange magic novelties, I had to try to make one for myself.
Having only images of the front and back and no access to the original, I used the original patent to figure out exactly how to make it work and located the original image of Thomas Edison and the child at a higher resolution for printing. Reference for size was guessed based on this video.