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Filename:
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cc_108715_page
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Identifier:
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cc_108715_page
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Title:
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Wood type, manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co., Greenville, Conn.
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Creator:
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Wm. H. Page & Co.
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Subject:
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Type and type-founding - Connecticut
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Subject:
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Wood types
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Subject:
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Type ornaments
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Subject:
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Type specimens
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Summary:
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William H. Page established his own company for the manufacture of wood type in Norwich, Connecticut around 1856 and moved the plant to the Greenville suburb of Norwich around 1859 or 1859. The company continued to expand throughout the 1860s. Up until 1872, Page concentrated on wooden products; in 1873 he started advertising printers' goods. This catalog includes: wood type, cuts, ornaments, and rule, as well as a small selection of presses and printers' equipment and supplies. It also includes German type.
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Publisher:
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Wm. H. Page & Co.
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Digital Publisher:
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Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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Date of Original:
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1873 approximate
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Date of Digitization:
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2021
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Broad Type:
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still image
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Specific Type:
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type specimens
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Digital File Format:
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jpeg
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Physical Format:
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books
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Dimensions of Original:
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33 cm
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Language:
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English
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Original Item Location:
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108715
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Library Collection:
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The Stephen O. Saxe Printing History Collection
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Digital Project:
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2021_0062_saxe
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Catalog Record:
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https://albert.rit.edu/record=b4144867~S3
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Place:
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Connecticut - Greeneville
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Rights:
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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.
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