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I ran into this website while researching prints by W.T. Littig, a printing Co. In Brooklyn, NY in the early 20th century. I recently acquired several prints that are not colleges along with copper plates and prints from the Andersen-Lamb Printing Co. I am looking for a connection between the two companies other than the address. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Rick Seip

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  1. Jennifer Field 25 March, 2015 at 2:00 am

    Hello,
    I am wondering if you ever found information on Andersen-Lamb. I am researching that workshop as part of my Ph.D. dissertation but can not locate any information. They printed a significant portfolio in 1958 called “21 Etchings and Poems.”
    Would you be willing to share information about the plates and prints you acquired?
    With kind regards,
    Jennifer

    Jennifer Field
    Ph.D. Candidate
    Institute of Fine Arts
    New York University

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  2. RANDY 16 April, 2020 at 11:06 pm

    Hello there need some help I have bought the storage unit of Andersen Lamb I have about 2000 plates or so that have wood block copper steel plastic and a ton of the prints can anyone help im do photos now of all the glass negatives now have a so many copper plates building people etc thanks rreeher@nctcorp.com

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  3. Jerome Cardinale 20 April, 2020 at 12:52 am

    I know the Company I know the glass plates thin at top thick on bottom do not move you will break them careful
    I know the plates. Our family owned the business and plates long ago
    lost them at storage auction no money lol

    I live on Bali Island now the last 30 years.

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  4. Richard F Gafgen 4 May, 2021 at 11:15 am

    Very Interesting. I am a print dealer for over 35 years and have handled numerous Littig college views. The re-strikes are being offered by several dealers including Graham Arader of Philly. The material you bought is really a Library of Congress item, if I ever I heard one. The glass plates may be the negatives for etching the photogravure plates. To print these today would take quite an effort as a sizable press is needed, inks, paper, colorist, and master intaglio printer. I have a pile of P. Revere prints from three of the original copper plates that are noted as being printed by E. O’Brien March 1973. Don’t know if he was with Lamb- Anderson or with the collections that possess the plates.

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  5. christen carter 27 May, 2021 at 6:43 pm

    Hi,
    I happened upon this site. I purchased a framed Littig print of Hotchkiss school. It seems quite old (by the frame and backing). Is there a way I can find out more about it?
    Thanks for any info.
    Chris

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  6. randy reeher 19 April, 2020 at 9:10 pm

    HI THERE DO YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT ANDERSEN LAMB I JUSTT BOUGHT A STORAGE UNIT WITH ALL THE PLATES AND PAPER PLEASE LOOK AT MY FACEBOOK WANT TO SELL OR IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE THANKS RANDY IM GOING THRU EACH PLATE AND TAKING PHOTOS MANY MORE TO DO THANKS

    https://www.facebook.com/Art-Andersen-Lamb-Photo-Gravture-Photos-106844281000339/

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  7. Richard Gafgen 4 May, 2021 at 11:22 am

    After sending my last post I took a look at some of the photos of the copper plates you put up. I notice they are positive image plates not negative ones. This means that if they are used to print, say onto paper, the resulting image would be in reverse! So these must be for an intermediate process use. Maybe for a transfer lithograph or etching and not a direct use.

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  8. Jerome Cardinale 20 April, 2020 at 12:31 am

    I can give you a lot of info about the company as I was there when we met Mrs Edna Andersen and spent three days at the handprinting and photogravure facility when we negotiated to buy it the company and then privately purchase the photogravure etching engraving mezzotaints plates etc from the family.
    We were tyhe finest hamdprinters in the world for over 50 years and I was there when we did the Paul Revere plate for the Boston centennial.
    I am living in Indonesia on Baqli Island and still have nsome of the last pulls we made and two or three master plates, one by Stephen Parrish.
    He was father and teacher of Maxfield.
    I also have some Norma morgan hand colored photogravure and a few master plates.

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  9. Rob C 29 December, 2020 at 11:50 pm

    I’m conducting research regarding Andersen-Lamb and Littig and Co., and I’d greatly appreciate it if I could get the chance to talk with you about some of its history. Please feel free to reach out when you get the chance. rbc7bzt@virginia.edu

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  10. Rick Seip 26 March, 2015 at 9:00 am

    Hello,
    I have a few of the etchings from that project, you could veiw them on eBay right now. I do not have these printing plates however we have many other prints and plates that were left in storage by Andersen Lamb. I’ll be happy to help you in any way possible however after 3 years of researching this company, I still have more questions than answers.
    Regards,
    Rick

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  11. clint 15 November, 2015 at 1:10 pm

    Hi ..I have 2 prints, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln..they are from Littig a and Co..they hung in my Great Uncles office..any idea if they are of any value…Thanks in advance..

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  12. Mark O'Brien 21 July, 2017 at 12:00 am

    My father has a 1908 W. T. Littig & Co, New York of the University of Chicago. I now own the piece.

    Would be glad to send or text a photo. Is it of any value?

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  13. Jerome Cardinale 1 June, 2018 at 9:42 pm

    Andersen Lamb was created when the old Brooklyn Photogravure co. went broke.
    Both andersen and lamb worked there.
    They bought five star presses a french-made hand crank press with as giant 69 in × 28 in plate size and a bunch of the best plates and other equipment.

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  14. Paul Moxon, Website Editor 2 June, 2018 at 4:17 pm

    Mr. Cardinale wrote to me privately and offered some details his employment at Andersen Lamb. I am hoping to shape his recollections into an article. Stay tuned.

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  15. randy reeher 19 April, 2020 at 9:10 pm

    HI THERE DO YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT ANDERSEN LAMB I JUSTT BOUGHT A STORAGE UNIT WITH ALL THE PLATES AND PAPER PLEASE LOOK AT MY FACEBOOK WANT TO SELL OR IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE THANKS RANDY IM GOING THRU EACH PLATE AND TAKING PHOTOS MANY MORE TO DO THANKS

    https://www.facebook.com/Art-Andersen-Lamb-Photo-Gravture-Photos-106844281000339/

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  16. randy reeher 18 April, 2020 at 12:22 pm

    is ur dad Anthony

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  17. Jb 18 February, 2019 at 9:26 am

    Does anyone know how many aerial views Richard rummell made for the littig Co?

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  18. Alan Borer 25 March, 2019 at 3:32 pm

    We have a number of letters in our collection detailing the creation and sale of an aerial view of the then Otterbein College (now University) in Westerville, Ohio. Anyone aware of a list of employees of Littig (ca 1916)? Manager’s name might be W. W. Barber, but would like confirmation for our finding aid. . . .

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  19. Lisa Kelley 2 May, 2022 at 12:27 am

    I recently purchased a large lithograph of the Woolworth Building circa 1913. I am now actively searching for information anyone can provide about it. I heard that only 100 prints were made. However, that’s not confirmed.

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  20. Elizabeth Milroy 4 June, 2022 at 4:33 pm

    Hi,
    I am looking for any information about the W T Littig Co. panoramic view of Philadelphia that was published in 1908. was this a Rummell view? Was it based on photographs taken from a balloon or airship?
    E. Milroy

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