Check out our AWAYzgoose Auction! Books, prints, and typographic goodies are for sale to benefit the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum and APHA’s BIPOC initiatives. Start your holiday shopping here. Closes November 8th at 7 pm EST.
Left: Arthur W. Rushmore posting his hand-painted sign, May 30, 1941. Right: the sign as it looks today, 20 × 15″. (Courtesy of Edna Macphail)
Recently, Mrs. Edna Macphail asked for recommendations for donating materials in her possession associated with, or printed by, her grandfather Arthur W. Rushmore (1883–1955). Rushmore, a book designer, and head of manufacturing for Harper & Brothers Publishers is known today for his private Golden Hind Press, established with his wife Edna Keeler Rushmore, in 1927. [Read more]
The American Printing History Association (APHA) invites nominations for two Trustee positions for 2021–2023. [Read more]
Beth Schuchter wrote to share some ephemera printed by Andersen-Lamb, the notable Brooklyn, New York photogravure company. She also has shared some nice photographs featuring the pressroom with etching presses. Andersen-Lamb was mentioned in a 2014 post, on this website, inquiring about the W.T. Littig Printing Co. [Read more]
From the Contact form:
I am looking for a picture of my grandmother published in a color magazine around the Indianapolis (maybe Louisville) area in the summer of 1950 or 1951. She was at the Kentucky Derby and there is a picture of her standing on the rail or in the stands in a black and white dress. Is there a database of magazines that were published in that area, known to be in color at that time?
From the Contact page:
Hello, I recently stayed at the historical Mt. Washington Hotel in New Hampshire. On a walk of the grounds, I stumbled upon an old building full of very old printing press machinery, templates, and so many other historical relics related to printing. [Read more]
The American Printing History Association (APHA) Board of Trustees and the Awards Committee invite nominations for the 2021 APHA Individual Laureate and Institutional Awards. [Read more]
From the Contact form:
In the 1950s and 1960s art books, for example, a book about paintings in a museum would have pictures of the paintings that were glued to a blank page within the book. Could you give me some guidance on what the common printing method would have been for that?
Mary and Willie Ratcliffe, publishers of the Bay View newspaper, review their January edition near their archives on Jan. 10, 2018. (Emma Marie Chiang/Special to S.F. Examiner)
The NorCal Chapter’s plans for an August newspaper printing plant tour were throttled by Covid-19. But then we discovered SF Heritage’s upcoming program and thought, how about a virtual tour? On August 20th, at 6 p.m. (Pacific Time), San Francisco Heritage will present San Francisco Neighborhood Heroines: The San Francisco Bay View’s Mary Ratcliff. [Read more]