printing industry

P.S. Duval & Son, lithographers, 22 & 24 South 5th St. ab. Chestnut, P...

Print showing advertisement for printing firm with a scene entitled "The dream of heaven" depicting a sleeping woman being presented by heavenly beings with a basket of fruit containing the words "wisdom, the r... More

[Printing press of Joducus Badius with three workers in shop]

Illus. in: Epistolae / Gullaume Bude. Parisiis : Venudantur in officina I. Baddii, 1520. Ref. copy in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 12.

Sculptura in æs / Ioan Stradanus invent. ; Phls Galle excud.

Print shows an interior view of a workshop with several men and boys engaged in the various activities involved in the etching, engraving, and printing of illustrations. Caption continues: Sculptor noua arte, ... More

Imprimerie en lettres, l'opération de la casse / AB s.

Print shows three printers in workshop setting type and examples of type and spacers set for printing. Illus. in: Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société ... More

Very slippy-weather / etch'd by Js. Gillray., British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows an elderly man who has slipped and fallen on the sidewalk outside Humphrey's printing establishment at No. 27 St. James's Street, London. He is holding a thermometer which he manages keep upright,... More

Monoceros, Canis Minor, and Atelier Typographique / Sidy. Hall, sculpt...

Astronomical chart showing a unicorn, a dog, and printing apparatus forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 31.

Descente dans les ateliers de la liberté de la presse / J.J. Grandv. e...

Print shows on the left, King Louis-Philippe in a right side profile, whiskers obscuring his face, with his hand over the mouth of a female printer, representing freedom of the press, and showing on the far lef... More

South side of Chestnut Street, looking toward 2nd Street

Photograph shows businesses along Chestnut Streets toward the intersection at 2nd Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; from left to right are "William M. Mackin, Tailor", "Job Printing", "Maas Card Job Printin... More

Wagner & McGuigan's Steam Lithographic Printing Establishment, No. 4 A...

Print shows printing plant, artists and printers at work, printing presses, and symbols of the printing trade and of the United States used to advertise the firm. Printed in tint at top: "Drawings of Every Des... More

2nd and Chestnut Streets, SW corner

Photograph shows businesses where 2nd and Chestnut Streets intersect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; "William M. Mackin, Tailor", "Job Printing", "Maas Card Job Printing Office", also shows a gas street lamp at ... More

Lithographic establishment of Edward Weber & Co. Maps, title pages, pl...

Print shows advertisement for lithographer with ornamental border and scene from Hamlet.

Chestnut Street - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows businesses where 2nd and Chestnut Streets intersect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; "William M. Mackin, Tailor", "Job Printing", "Maas Card Job Printing Office", also shows a gas street lamp at ... More

Southwest corner of 7th and Market streets Richards & Betts, photograp...

Photograph shows a building at the intersection of Market and 7th streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; signage states "Book & Job Printing Office", "Printing Office", "230 W. Brown 230", "Cheap Office", and "... More

Original brass dies used for 1860 edition of leaves of grass. [Globe]

Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Revising Himself : Walt Whitman" at the Library of Congress, 2005. Exhibited: "Poet of the Body : New York's Walt Whitman" at The G... More

Original brass dies used for 1860 edition of leaves of grass. [blank t...

Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Revising Himself : Walt Whitman" at the Library of Congress, 2005.

Original brass dies used for 1860 edition of leaves of grass. Walt Whi...

Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Revising Himself : Walt Whitman" at the Library of Congress, 2005.

Original brass dies used for 1860 edition of leaves of grass. Leaves

Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Revising Himself : Walt Whitman" at the Library of Congress, 2005.

Original brass dies used for 1860 edition of leaves of grass. Leaves o...

Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Revising Himself : Walt Whitman" at the Library of Congress, 2005.

Original brass dies used for 1860 edition of leaves of grass. Leaves o...

Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Revising Himself : Walt Whitman" at the Library of Congress, 2005.

Original brass dies used for 1860 edition of leaves of grass. Walt Whi...

Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Revising Himself : Walt Whitman" at the Library of Congress, 2005.

Original brass dies used for 1860 edition of leaves of grass. [Sunrise...

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Walt Whitman - original steel engraving 1860 leaves of grass

Plate shows Walt Whitman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Poet of the Body : New York's Walt Whitman" at The Grolier Clu... More

Original brass dies used for 1860 edition of leaves of grass. Grass

Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Revising Himself : Walt Whitman" at the Library of Congress, 2005.

Chestnut Street, eastward from 6th Street

Photograph shows a bird's-eye view, looking east, of Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; with a "[St]ereotype Foundry" and "Gilbert & Gihon Engravers on wood" in a tall building at the corner, also ... More

F. Moras' Lithographic Establishment, Philadelphia, 610 Jayne St. Plai...

Advertising or large business card shows two vignettes, on the left, a man is sitting at a table, drawing on a lithograph stone, and on the right, is an interior view of the lithographic establishment with men ... More

P.S. Duval, Son & Co. designers & lithographer, Philadelphia. Special ...

Print shows an advertisement for "P.S. Duval, Son & Co. designers & lithographer" showing at center, in an oval frame, a scene labeled "Colorado Miners" with miners near a wagon, with a log cabin on the left an... More

Views of William F. Murphy's Sons' stationery establishment, 509 Chest...

Stereograph showing shop interior with shelves and glass cases of goods for sale. On verso: ... stationery, steam-power printing, ruling and blank book manufacturing establishment ... James Cremer, Photographer... More

Stereotype show bill plate - Walt Whitman - 1872. Whitman's

Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Revising Himself : Walt Whitman" at the Library of Congress, 2005. Exhibited: "Poet of the Body : New York's Walt Whitman" at The G... More

Stereotype show bill plate - Walt Whitman - 1872. Walt

Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Revising Himself : Walt Whitman" at the Library of Congress, 2005. Exhibited: "Poet of the Body : New York's Walt Whitman" at The G... More

Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C

"G 1707" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017443. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

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[The Navy Printing House] - Public domain portrait print

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 9. No. 36. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial Naval Arsenal, military facilities, and factories, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. ... More

Rice Building: Upper stories, built 1883?

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The "Leader" printing office at Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska.

summary: Note: The "Leader" was a newspaper in Broken Bow. original size: 6x8

Jules Cheret - Bonnard-Bidault, affichage et distribution d'imprimés /...

Poster showing a woman with wings and a trumpet, and a banner bearing the name of the printers Bonnard-Bidault. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1987:092). No. 408.

The Ault & Wiborg Co. - Public domain dedication image

A man with hat and gloves holds a jar of ink. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The Britton Printing Co. - Public domain print

A child places flowers on a sign. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[Young man bursting through door of a printer's office to gesticulatin...

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Bureau Engraving & Printing no. 32

Photograph shows an interior view of a large room with an African American man and another man standing at a long table on which are stacks of printed certificates and other papers. Inscribed in ink on front: ... More

Geo H. Benedict & Co., designers, engravers & electrotypers

A woman holds a bouquet of roses. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The Ault & Wiborg Company - Art nouveau public domain poster

Green trees against a yellow sky. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The Ault & Wiborg Company - Public domain dedication image

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[Workers grinding and processing the ink used to print paper money at ...

Photograph shows men working on machines powered by steam driven belts. Title devised by Library and BEP staff. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

The Ault & Wiborg company - Art nouveau public domain poster

Two roosters are on the side of a fruit tree. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[Workers moving newly printed currency into a drying box where sheets ...

Source: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, "Uncle Sam's Money," Demorest's Family Magazine, Vol. XXVI: no. 3, January 1890, p. 136. Title devised by Library and BEP staff. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Coll... More

The Ault and Wiborg Company. Label inks

A man stands exploding a string of firecrackers while three women watch, holding fans. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Three Colonial men talking in a printing (?) shop

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Will Bradley - Ault & Wiborg - Art nouveau public domain poster - Art ...

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The Ault & Wiborg Co - Art nouveau public domain poster - Art nouveau ...

Public domain photograph of theatrical production, cabaret, musical, performance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The engraver and printer - Public domain portrait engraving

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Bureau engraving & printing - stamp division, Washington, D.C

Photograph shows interior view with women working at machines in the stamp division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

The inland printer. Hare & Co. Ltd.

Two men look at a poster on a wall. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revol...

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One of our automatic covering machines

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One of our automatic covering machines

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If you want the best posters, and the best display of those posters, o...

Print shows two fashionably dress young women posing before a large sun for an advertisement for poster printer Sam W. Hoke, who consistently uses the "$" dollar sign symbol to replace the "S" in his first name... More

[People posed on porch of and in the Planet newspaper publishing house...

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Franklin the printer - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. Attribution to Mills based on subject and format. Photograph of a painting. No Detroit publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Franklin the printer - Drawing. Public domain image.

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[Franklin the printer] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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The South Lancaster Printing Company, Lancaster, Massachusetts

Reaching people through the printed word was of particular interest to the school's founder, Stephen N. Haskell. Off and on through the years, the school operated printing establishments (in various locations) ... More

Nos. 79-81 Kilby Street - Boston pictorial archive

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Nos. 40-50 Purchase St. running through to Nos. 379-391 Atlantic Ave.

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Three men and three young boys in front of the Printing Office, Taylor...

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Franklin the printer - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Photograph of a painting copyrighted by the Franklin Foundation. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 28053. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Employees at printing presses in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing...

Copyright by Waldon Fawcett. Public domain photograph of manufacturing workers, factory building, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Miehle P.P. & Mfg. Co.], Panoramic Photograph

H63393 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 274 Wabash, Chicago. No. 5500-A. Title based on similarity to PAN US GEOG - Illinois, no. 49. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; July 17, 1905.

Bureau of Printing and Engraving, Washington, D.C.

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Bureau of Printing and Engraving, Washington, D.C

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30542. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019146. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Overleaf: Identified as being a view of Kilby St.

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Harvey Nailling, delivery boy for Kutterer Printing Co. 300 Olive St. ...

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[John Klibba printing shop] - Public domain portrait print

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Printing Industry Labor Union bulletin Volume 1

Printing Industry Labor Union bulletin Volume 3

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, printer, Philadelphia, Print

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Arthurs, S.M., artist. Ketterlinus Litho. Mfg. Co.... More

Boy learning printer's trade. Location: Montgomery, Alabama.

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Boy learning printer's trade. Location: Montgomery, Alabama

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3816. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Amtlicher plan der Internationalen Ausstellung für Buchgewerbe und Gra...

Print shows plan of International Exhibition for Book Printing and Graphics (BUGRA) held in Leipzig, 1914; insets show the Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Monument to the Battle of the Nations) and location of exhibitio... More

[Three men working in print shop, numerous posters displayed in backgr...

National Photo Company Collection. LC-F82-1403 (glass neg.) Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Accident case - Man with hand crushed by flywheel at Offset Litho Co. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4363. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Group of 14-16 year old messengers working for American Printing Co. H...

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Group of 14-16 year old messengers working for American Printing Co. H...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4338. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Accident case - Man with hand crushed by flywheel at Offset Litho Co. ...

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Future members of the fourth estate

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with partial leg amputations are being taught to work in a printshop. Poster caption: Learning the operations of the monotype caster and the handling of type in th... More

American Photoengravers Association convention. Master Etching Machine...

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

American Photoengravers Association convention. Holland Corporation ex...

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

National Capitol Press Inc. Vault of National Capitol Press Inc

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American Photoengravers Association convention. Eastern Smelting & Ref...

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

American Photoengravers Association convention. Philip A. Hunt Co. exh...

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

D.C. Blotting. Type form II - Theodor Horydczak collection

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

National Capitol Press Inc. Small color presses of National Capitol Pr...

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American Photoengravers Association convention. LePage's Glue exhibit

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Printing shops in Washington for Stanford Paper Co. Man working at pri...

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Printing shops in Washington for Stanford Paper Co. Man working at pri...

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

National Capitol Press Inc. Doorway of National Capitol Press Inc., da...

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Printing shops in Washington for Stanford Paper Co. Man checking print...

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Printing shops in Washington for Stanford Paper Co. Man at desk II

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

American Photoengravers Association convention. Merck Co. exhibit

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

American Photoengravers Association convention. Seldner & Enequist, In...

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

National Capitol Press Inc. Exterior of National Capitol Press Buildin...

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