This is an exceptional piece for display or use in crating project that includes a look into Easter themes in the late 1940s. The book is entitled The Louis Allis Messenger edited and prepared by van b. hooper for the friends of The Louis Allis Co. Milwaukee 7, Wis. Copyrighted 1948, March/April Issue.

There are 52 heavy stock pages filled with beautiful sepia and black and white toned pages with poems, legends and stories of America, including an advertisement for the parts produced by the Louis Allis Company. There are also full color prints of historical Christian themed paintings and other Christian themed, spring pictures. The front and back cover are in full color (illustration by George Hinke), as well as the front and back first and last pages. These are heavier weight paper. The colors are vintage spring time and so much of the imagery is worthy of framing! What an amazing piece of Americana and Christian celebration!

All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. There is some wear along the edges of the spine and cover and the back 8 pages have a small notch in the bottom right hand corner of the pages. It does feel like it still holds together quite well. There is no writing on any of the pages anywhere. It does have a slight musty odor if you bring it close to your nose.

The Listing of the Pages:

If Easter Eggs Would Hatch - Douglas Malloch

Adages and Sayings by Various Notables

The Louis Allis Co. Machine Pictures

America is still the land of Opportunity - Bill Steltz

The Wisdom of the Brahmans

Jesus Bidding Farewell to His Mother - School of Paolo Veronese

Last Supper - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Jesus Christ Exposed to the People - Pietro Ciafferi

Ecce Homo- Cigoli

Spring - Longfellow

Seed Thoughts - W.M. Walker

The Legend of the Dogwood -author unknown

Spring is Here - Mrs. Lillian Melville

Resurrection - Daisy F. Baber

An Easter Lily - P.F. Freeman

The Old Church Bell - Ottis Shirk

Palm Sunday - Edgar A. Guest

Praying Girl - Roy Best

Easter Morn - Sylvia Howard

Best Seller - Nick Kenny

Easter Grace -Nolf Crowell

The Newness of Things - Barton Rees Pogue

Just a Plowin - author unknown

Master, Is It I? - Helen Welshimer

Ode to Spring - Mary E. Bostwick

April - H. Howard Biggar

Christ Bearing the Cross - Del Piombo

Calvary - Frans Francken II

Ascension - Andrea Mantegna

The Three Maries at the Tomb - Paolo Veronese

An Easter Legend - Eula Ross

Louis Allis Company, originally in Milwaukee, WI has been in business for over 100 years. They specialize in manufacturing industrial electric motors for some of the most demanding applications world wide. For over a century the industries of the world have turned to Louis Allis to manufacture electric motors for their most specialized applications.

Dimensions:

10 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 3/8"