COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
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RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
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Filename:
cc_108821_murphy
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cc_108821_murphy
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Identifier:
cc_108821_murphy
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cc_108821_murphy
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Title:
Specimens of printing types, cuts, borders, &c. contained in the State Gazette Printing Establishment
title
Specimens of printing types, cuts, borders, &c. contained in the State Gazette Printing Establishment
Title
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Creator:
John L. Murphy
creator
John L. Murphy
Creator
false
Subject:
Type specimens
subject
Type specimens
Subject
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Subject:
Type and type-founding - New Jersey
subject
Type and type-founding - New Jersey
Subject
false
Subject:
Type ornaments
subject
Type ornaments
Subject
false
Subject:
Printing machinery and supplies
subject
Printing machinery and supplies
Subject
false
Subject:
Trade catalogs
subject
Trade catalogs
Subject
false
Summary:
The Daily State Gazette was a newspaper published in Trenton, New Jersey from 1863-1918. John L. Murphy, who had gotten his start as an errand boy for the newspaper around 1838, served first as an apprentice, then an employee for the company until 1855, when he established his own book and job printing business, the Franklin Printing Office. The printing business proved successful and Murphy bought the newspaper when it was put up for sale in 1869. The paper came to be regarded as the "State organ" of the Republican Party in New Jersey. Murphy also invested in the company's book and job printing department, procuring a large supply of new type faces. A brief (somewhat hagiographic) history section is illustrated with numerous engravings showing employees at work in various departments of the company, as well as the exterior and expansion of the building over time. The catalog portion contains specimens of type metal, cuts, ornaments, and rule available through the printing department at the State Gazette during Murphy's tenure as publisher and owner. It is not clear if the company ever manufactured any of its own type. No specific type foundries are credited on the specimens in this catalog, but Murphy does acknowledge his indebtedness to the MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan firm in repeating many of the same "epigrams, sentences and words" used in their specimen book in displaying his own selection of type
--Am. Type Found. Typ. Lib. & Mus. Cat. 1936, page 100
--Am. Type Found. Typ. Lib. & Mus. Cat. 1936, page 100
description
The Daily State Gazette was a newspaper published in Trenton, New Jersey from 1863-1918. John L. Murphy, who had gotten his start as an errand boy for the newspaper around 1838, served first as an apprentice, then an employee for the company until 1855, when he established his own book and job printing business, the Franklin Printing Office. The printing business proved successful and Murphy bought the newspaper when it was put up for sale in 1869. The paper came to be regarded as the "State organ" of the Republican Party in New Jersey. Murphy also invested in the company's book and job printing department, procuring a large supply of new type faces. A brief (somewhat hagiographic) history section is illustrated with numerous engravings showing employees at work in various departments of the company, as well as the exterior and expansion of the building over time. The catalog portion contains specimens of type metal, cuts, ornaments, and rule available through the printing department at the State Gazette during Murphy's tenure as publisher and owner. It is not clear if the company ever manufactured any of its own type. No specific type foundries are credited on the specimens in this catalog, but Murphy does acknowledge his indebtedness to the MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan firm in repeating many of the same "epigrams, sentences and words" used in their specimen book in displaying his own selection of type
--Am. Type Found. Typ. Lib. & Mus. Cat. 1936, page 100
Summary
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Publisher:
John L. Murphy
publisher
John L. Murphy
Publisher
false
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
digital_publisher
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Digital Publisher
false
Date of Original:
1886 approximate
date
1886 approximate
Date of Original
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Date of Digitization:
2021
date_of_digitization
2021
Date of Digitization
false
Broad Type:
still image
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still image
Broad Type
false
Specific Type:
type specimens
type
type specimens
Specific Type
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Digital File Format:
jpeg
format
jpeg
Digital File Format
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Physical Format:
books
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books
Physical Format
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Dimensions of Original:
30 cm
dimensions_of_original
30 cm
Dimensions of Original
false
Language:
English
language
English
Language
false
Original Item Location:
108821
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108821
Original Item Location
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Library Collection:
The Stephen O. Saxe Printing History Collection
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The Stephen O. Saxe Printing History Collection
Library Collection
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Digital Project:
2021_0062_saxe
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2021_0062_saxe
Digital Project
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Catalog Record:
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https://albert.rit.edu/record=b4154045~S3
Catalog Record
false
Place:
Trenton - New Jersey
coverage
Trenton - New Jersey
Place
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Rights:
RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
rights
RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
Rights
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Notes:
In original publisher's quarter binding; black leather spine with brown morocco cloth over boards; front board has title stamped in gold in a business card design, with "compliments of John L. Murphy, State Gazette, Trenton, N. J."; spine title, "John L. Murray" and "1886" stamped in gold; decorated endpapers; all edges trimmed and red.
notes
In original publisher's quarter binding; black leather spine with brown morocco cloth over boards; front board has title stamped in gold in a business card design, with "compliments of John L. Murphy, State Gazette, Trenton, N. J."; spine title, "John L. Murray" and "1886" stamped in gold; decorated endpapers; all edges trimmed and red.
Notes
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