Tag: bookplates

1930s Depression era bookplates, taken from a 1931 C. D. Reimers Bookplate Company catalogue. They were located in Fort Worth, Texas and were a firm owned by Charles Dietrich Reimers who was originally from Illinois and had been a first baseman on the Northwestern University baseball team.

Front cover of 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Young woman in I think Ancient Greek or Roman dress stirring something, possibly creating a spell. Number 108 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Airplane and lighthouse. Number 113 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Owl with the caption reading: Who owns this book? I own this book. Number 114 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Young woman reading. Number 115 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Geometric design. Number 121 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates