Frontier Printing (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 51 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.12 inches. In Stock.

Booklet. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Approximately 8 inches by 5.25 inches. 8 pages, including covers. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some page discoloration. Most of the work is pictorial, with one large image on most pages with caption/text at the bottom of the page. This booklet reproduces original photographs from the Apollo 8 mission. This publication was both a tribute to the important step of man's march to the stars and it was also a commercial. It was the technological advances that permitted the space journeys that were pictured in this booklet. In their own way printed communications have utilized their advances to help people tell their story better. The reproduction of these photographs in two or three colors is typical of the abilities of Frontier Printing & Mailing Co. These abilities keep pace in this ever changing and advancing world. Frontier Printing and Mailing asked to have the opportunity to show potential customers how their creativity combined with modern equipment can improve a customer's communication of the printed word. The billed themselves as The Down-To-Earth Idea People! This booklet was printed by Dynamation, using a Harris 23" by 29" press. IT is rare for this type of ephemeral marketing material to survive more than half a century. The production of this Space oriented marketing booklet was an indication of the capabilities and vision of the owners. We researched to see if this firm was still in business and it is. Vision Graphics Inc. as we know it today was founded by Francis E Brooks in 1952 as Frontier Lettershop in Cheyenne WY. Frontier evolved from an earlier startup in the employment agency business which was sold to an employee. Frontier grew over the years, with name changes to Frontier Printing and Mailing and then back to Frontier Printing Inc. The company was sold to some staff in the early 1980's and four years later was reacquired by its founder. In 1986, Mr. Brooks recruited his nephew Mark Steputis into the business. Mark had graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in marketing. As the years went by Mark got more involved with the management of the company and was promoted to Vice President, and by 1995 was named President of the company. Mark acquired ownership of the company, in 1996 after his uncle's passing. At this point the company was marketing its services to a wider and wider geographic area and the bulk of the work was coming from Northern Colorado companies while the company remained in Cheyenne WY. The company grew quickly and Vision became a dominate player in the rocky mountain market with business across the country.