Exterior signage – Woodward’s logo, Irene Alexander, c1945

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  • Category
    Signage and Wayfinding

    Title
    Woodward’s Exterior Signage

    Date
    c1945

    Client
    Woodward’s

    Credits
    Design: Irene Alexander

    Principal Typefaces
    Hand-lettered brush script

    Region
    British Columbia

    Languages
    English

    Number of images
    1

    Holding
    City of Richmond Archives,
    Photograph #2008 39 2 70

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