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Display designers

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Persons who plan and design displays to decorate streets, fairgrounds, buildings, and other places for celebrations, fairs, and special occasions.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Dan Arje papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0001-01
Summary

Dan Arje (1923-1993) was a designer and display director for Bonwit Teller. The collection primarily consists of albums of photographs and news clippings about Arje's displays, and correspondence regarding his decorating work for the White House during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, including decoration of the White House Christmas tree. Also present are materials about Bonwit Teller and Tiffany's designer Gene Moore.

Dates: 1949 - 1981

Robert Galster and Gilbert Ireland papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0141-01
Summary Robert Galster (1923-1991) and Gilbert Ireland (1924-2015) were designers and alumni of Parsons School of Design. Galster worked as a freelance illustrator and designer. Ireland designed window displays for Bergdorf Goodman for over forty years. The collection consists primarily of Galster's work and includes examples of his designs for books, album covers, and theater posters. Ireland's work is represented in photographs of the windows he designed. The collection also contains...
Dates: 1940s - circa 1983