Illustrated cover titled “Comprehensive General Plan, Pomona, California.” A stylized suburban house sits in the background, with banners and a monument labeled “Pomona.” In the foreground are painted portraits of diverse people, a construction worker with equipment, and a small group of residents, all rendered in warm, textured tones. (1976)
Cover of a document titled “Resource Directory, SF Dept Social Services, Community Services, January 1975.” The black-and-white illustration includes cartoon drawings: a doctor holding a stethoscope to a patient, a person holding a “Fight Poverty” sign near a government building, a teacher pointing at a chalkboard with math symbols, a scout holding a bugle next to a tent contsining a sleeping person, and a woman and a child standing before a smiling person seated behind a desks, all arranged around the title.
Light blue document cover titled “Part IX Housing Element, San Diego County General Plan – 1990.” The center features a childlike black line drawing of a house with a rounded roof, a window with a person inside, a door, and a pumpkin. The sky includes simple smiling sun figures and a flower, with “SHANNON” written vertically at right. An "Adopted by Board of Supervisions" stamp appears at bottom right.
🧵 The covers of local government documents reveal how public institutions saw themselves and how they wanted to be seen.
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