Detail View: RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION: Poster specimens from the Wm. H. Page Wood Type Co.

Filename: 
cc_108717_page
Identifier: 
cc_108717_page
Title: 
Poster specimens from the Wm. H. Page Wood Type Co.
Creator: 
Wm. H. Page & Co.
Subject: 
Type and type-founding - Connecticut
Subject: 
Wood types
Subject: 
Type ornaments
Subject: 
Type specimens
Summary: 
William H. Page established his own foundry 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. In 1876, it was reorganized as William H. Page Wood Type Company. This catalog displays large scale wood type for use in the printing of posters --Kelly, R. R. "American Wood Type: 1820-1900," pages 43-44.
Publisher: 
Wm. H. Page & Co.
Digital Publisher: 
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original: 
1876
Date of Digitization: 
2021
Broad Type: 
still image
Specific Type: 
type specimens
Digital File Format: 
jpeg
Physical Format: 
books
Dimensions of Original: 
49 cm
Language: 
English
Original Item Location: 
108717
Library Collection: 
The Stephen O. Saxe Printing History Collection
Digital Project: 
2021_0062_saxe
Catalog Record: 
https://albert.rit.edu/record=b4144868~S3
Place: 
Connecticut - Greeneville
Rights: 
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