1923 Print Edwin A. Kanst Chicago Black Earth Company - ORIGINAL CP1 XGU7 developed in Evanston

developed in Evanston

This is an original 1918 halftone print of a window display in Broadway

Large tear - bottom center

The red blemishes that are visible in this digital copy by the headlight is not actually a blemish

This ad features artwork by Donald Mills

1923 Print Edwin A. Kanst Chicago Black Earth Company - ORIGINAL CP1 XGU7 developed in EvanstonEdwin A. Kanst, President of Kanst Black Earth Company, Landscape Gardeners. This is an original 1923 black and white print of Edwin A. Kanst, a Chicago landscape gardener who, they said, could "grow grass on a billiard ball." Period Paper has obtained an unusual collection of prints with character sketches of Chicago movers and shakers from the 1920's. These men (yes, they are all male) were active in the business, industrial, and professional life