BABN railroad vignettes

Here are images of that book...

 

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Ships ~ now we are talking!!! Love~em!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

 

Looks intriguing! The title appears on Google books but not a full digital version. Those titles seem to imply that this is an Annual Report, it that so?

 

I don't think it's an annual report; I've never seen anything else like this from BABN, so I it doesn't seem like something they did regularly. Odd that they chose to commemorate their 90th year instead of waiting until their centenary like ABNC did with their book.

 

I recently discovered I had another example of this vignette in my collection on an old check. You can see more engraved checks in this thread:
http://www.cointalk.com/t108341/#post893381

 

I finally got a hold of this book and have scanned pages and created a new thread:
http://www.cointalk.com/t109727/#post899360

 

You have some cool stuff there egsalexan.

 

The BABNCo book thread is very well done and interesting. Well worth a look. Thanks gsalexan for taking the trouble to locate it and share it with us.

 

Thanks to both of you. I hope folks do view the other thread. BABNC does some beautiful work, but it rarely gets any attention.

 

The other day I made a long-awaited purchase of another BABN desk calendar, this one from 1988. I paid $85 for it, which probably sounds like a lot for a calendar, but I was very happy to get it. The draw for me was a single vignette that I haven't found anywhere else on any banknote or security, a logging scene engraved in 1945.

Ten years ago I bought the original artwork used by the engraver as the model for this vignette. Living in the Northwest, I found the subject very appealing and was lucky to pick it up at an incredible price -- less than I paid for the calendar. It's quite large, 23 x 17", done in graphite likely from a composite of photos. I wanted to frame it, but not until I could find the companion engraving. You can see in the photo how much smaller the final image is (less than 4" wide), compared to the original. I am so pleased to finally marry these two pieces. If anyone is aware of an actual usage of the vignette on a stock or bond, please let me know. I've also been unable to find the name of engraver or the original artist, who, unfortunately didn't sign the artwork -- not unusual in the world of commercial design.

 

Here are some of the other images from the calendar. BA Bank Note chose a waterfall theme for 1988. Another wonderful display of the engraver's art.

 

And one more. See if you can identify the falls.

 

Very cool vignettes!