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For the Record: The Life and Work of Alex Steinweiss
For the Record The Life and Work of Alex Steinweiss
Author: Alex Steinweiss, Jennifer McKnight-Trontz
Before Alex Steinweiss invented the album cover in 1938, at the age of 23, all albums came in plain brown wrappers. Steinweiss's idea to create a package that would protect the record and that had something visual on the outside to lure the consumer was a huge success; sales of the record "Smash Song Hits by Rodgers and Hart" soared. That simple...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781568982243
ISBN-10: 1568982240
Publication Date: 9/20/2000
Pages: 208
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Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Book Type: Paperback
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