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The Art Department

Original oil for Monarch Lion Head, by Ralph Rambo, c. 1950. 

Ralph Rambo had very little formal artistic training.  Fortunately, George Muirson recognized Rambo’s potential despite his lack of experience.  During his years with the Muirson Label Company, Rambo was part of the emerging commercial art field, one which would eventually encompass not only graphic design, but also marketing, consumer education, and brand identification.  Rambo’s designs were alternately realistic, whimsical, bold, brash, tender or lyrical – but always to the taste of the client.  In the age before in-depth market surveys and branding strategies, the graphic artist’s greatest talent was perhaps simply to give the client an image they would be pleased to associate with their product.

Learn more about Ralph Rambo’s contributions to the Valley’s history