We have a F.P.Rosback foot powered perforator with fixed punches. The back of the machine indicates that it is a No. 6 Special Model Adjustable Multiplex Punching Machine. We are trying to find more information about this machine but don’t know how to start. From what I can tell it was built when the company moved to Benton Harbor [MI] as it has the city name on the back of the face of the machine. Can you help me understand where to start to find more information?
Hello — I am working on a short biography/history book for children that describes the night John Dunlap printed the broadside announcing independence, looking closely at each detail: the Caslon types he used, the paper, the ink. I have read everything available, or tried to. Is there someone I could speak to who might be able to suggest other titles about printing history and the conditions of the day, or someone who could direct me to a press similar to Dunlap’s so that I might try setting type and pulling a proof for myself? Thanks, Jenny Green
My family was in the printing industry in New York state for a century. They started out printing milk tickets and evolved into one of the bigger printers of catholic church envelopes. My grandfather made a short film in the 1950’s detailing an average job from start to finish. I’ve uploaded it to Youtube with some commentary.
As a librarian at Plymouth State University, I am seeking the expertise of someone with an interest in industrial papermaking.
Plymouth State is home to a collection of thousands of photographs of the Brown Paper Company of Berlin, NH. A great many of these photographs were taken in the company mills in the early twentieth century and show their papermaking process and equipment. Currently the photographs do not have enough data attached to them to make them easily searchable. Together with two student employees, I have undertaken a project to add information to the photographs to facilitate folks finding and using them.
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
I have a printing plate from the title page of Festoons of Fancy, William Littell, 1814, Louisville, Ky. I have been told that the title page would have been typeset and not printed from a plate. Have researched endlessly on line with very little success. Can it be determined by looking at the book which printing method was used? Thank you in advance for your time and any insight you can provide. See image. [Read more]
I am writing my dissertation on the printing enterprise of the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833-1840, and am trying to find information on one of the printers it used by the name of William S. Dorr. Do you know of any archives or sources in New York City that might have information on Dorr or the printing industry in New York City in the 1830s? Thanks, Paula Hunt.
The Altoona Mirror newspaper has a number (probably more than 100) of historical photos of the Altoona area, Pennsylvania Railroad, etc. from the early to mid-1900s on flat metal lithographic plates. Is there a way of getting prints or digital scans of the plates so we can put them in a usable format? Unfortunately, they kept the plates but not the photo prints they were made from. Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. At this point, I’m not aware of any companies that can make the prints.
I am trying to find information pertaining to a John A. Gray who owned a publishing house in New York City in the mid to late 19th century. There is a lot of information on Gray’s company but very little on Gray himself. If you have any information regarding Gray’s biography I would greatly appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction. I look forward to your swift reply. Thank you.
