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Filename:
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cc_655241p133sp
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Identifier:
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cc_655241p133sp
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Title:
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Specimens of chromatic wood type, borders, etc. manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co
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Creator:
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Page, William H., 1829-1906
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Subject:
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Wood types (Printing)
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Subject:
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Printing - Specimens
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Summary:
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William H. Page (1829-1906), worked while young as a wood type finisher at manufacturer John Cooley's shop. He later bought out another firm's machinery and expanded by the 1860s to be the country's chief producer of wood type. Intense competition through the mid-1880s with J.E. Hamilton's cheaper veneered types sent Page's market share into decline. He sold his business to the Hamilton Company in 1891. Page's firm had a great catalog of original character designs, intricate borders, and tint blocks cut with exacting precision. The company can be credited with printing possibly the most beautiful color wood type specimen ever, on view here. Each plate in this book is letterpress printed with several colors, showing the versatility of color blends imaginable with Page products. The specimen of some 100 pages was produced in a small edition since the market for chromatic wood type was very limited. The Cary Collection's Page Chromatic Specimen is one of only a handful of known copies in the U.S., at places such as Columbia University, the Newberry Library, the Boston Athenaeum, and Harvard's Houghton Library.
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Publisher:
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Greeneville, Conn. : The 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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1874
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Broad Type:
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books
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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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47 cm
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Language:
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English
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Original Item Location:
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cc655.241 P133sp
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Digital Project:
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2020_0047_chromatic
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Catalog Record:
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https://albert.rit.edu/record=b3163847~S3
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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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Other Title:
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Wood type
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