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PETER P. PLASENICA
Mid-century illustrator  
b. 1926 

From the book : space alphabet 1965
 




ABOUT : On all other accounts, we believe Peter is 94 and lives somewhere in the NYC area. 

Peter P. Plascenia, a native New Yorker, majored in industrial design at Pratt Institute, studied at the Meschini Institute in Rome, and at the Art Students League in New York. Among the children’s books he has illustrated are In The Deep Blue Sea, Magic Mixtures: Alloys and Plastics, and The Chemistry of a Lemon, all published by Prentice-Hall.

SPECIAL THANKS TO 
FISHINK & WARD JENKINS FOR THE IMAGES 










 











From : 1964 Jules Verne : The Man Who Invented the future.