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RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
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Filename:
cc_csc0022_woollywhale
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Identifier:
cc_csc0022_woollywhale
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cc_csc0022_woollywhale
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Title:
Press of the Woolly Whale visitor's book
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Press of the Woolly Whale visitor's book
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Creator:
Press of the Woolly Whale
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Press of the Woolly Whale
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Creator:
Cary, Melbert Brinckerhoff
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Cary, Melbert Brinckerhoff
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Subject:
Printers - New York (N.Y.)
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Printers - New York (N.Y.)
Subject
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Subject:
Publishers and publishing - United States
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Publishers and publishing - United States
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Subject:
Watercolor painting
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Watercolor painting
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Subject:
Autographs
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Autographs
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Summary:
Manuscript visitors' book of the Press of the Woolly Whale, recording visitors to the press from April 25, 1928, through March 28, 1941, who signed in a blank book with a gold-tooled calf binding by Gambinossi, New York. The volume contains approximately 600 signatures, 11 watercolors, 16 pen-and-ink drawings, 6 pencil sketches, 5 mounted photographs and other ephemera (including Guggenheim family bookplates). The first signatures in the volume are by type designer Frederic W. Goudy and his wife Bertha; they are followed by those of noted typographers, artists, printers, collectors, and bookmen, including Paul Bennett, Otto Bettmann, B. Dalton, John S. Fass, Gerhard Gerlach, Victor Hammer, Clarence Hornung, Mitchell Kennerley, Douglas McMurtrie, George Macy, F. Clifford Maggs, Hans Mardersteig, Stanley Morison, Will Ransom, Bruce Rogers, Rudolph Ruzicka, Georg Salter, Wilbur Macy Stone, Karl Shultheiss, Lynd Ward, Beatrice and Frederic Warde, Monroe Wheeler, and Laurence Wroth. Illustrations include drawings and watercolors by Valenti Angelo, Cyrus Leroy Baldridge, Warren Chappell, Ernest B. Dielman, Donald Greame-Kelley, Fritz Kredel, Wolfgang Lederer, Paul McPharlin, Charles E. Pont, Philip G. Reed, Alan Reeve, Alexander Stern, Paul Wescott, and Gustav Wolf, among others.
description
Manuscript visitors' book of the Press of the Woolly Whale, recording visitors to the press from April 25, 1928, through March 28, 1941, who signed in a blank book with a gold-tooled calf binding by Gambinossi, New York. The volume contains approximately 600 signatures, 11 watercolors, 16 pen-and-ink drawings, 6 pencil sketches, 5 mounted photographs and other ephemera (including Guggenheim family bookplates). The first signatures in the volume are by type designer Frederic W. Goudy and his wife Bertha; they are followed by those of noted typographers, artists, printers, collectors, and bookmen, including Paul Bennett, Otto Bettmann, B. Dalton, John S. Fass, Gerhard Gerlach, Victor Hammer, Clarence Hornung, Mitchell Kennerley, Douglas McMurtrie, George Macy, F. Clifford Maggs, Hans Mardersteig, Stanley Morison, Will Ransom, Bruce Rogers, Rudolph Ruzicka, Georg Salter, Wilbur Macy Stone, Karl Shultheiss, Lynd Ward, Beatrice and Frederic Warde, Monroe Wheeler, and Laurence Wroth. Illustrations include drawings and watercolors by Valenti Angelo, Cyrus Leroy Baldridge, Warren Chappell, Ernest B. Dielman, Donald Greame-Kelley, Fritz Kredel, Wolfgang Lederer, Paul McPharlin, Charles E. Pont, Philip G. Reed, Alan Reeve, Alexander Stern, Paul Wescott, and Gustav Wolf, among others.
Summary
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Publisher:
Press of the Woolly Whale
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Press of the Woolly Whale
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Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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Date of Original:
1941 approximate
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1941 approximate
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Date of Digitization:
2020
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2020
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Broad Type:
still image
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still image
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Specific Type:
books
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books
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Digital File Format:
jpeg
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Physical Format:
visitors' books
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visitors' books
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Dimensions of Original:
31 cm
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31 cm
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Language:
English
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English
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Original Item Location:
CARCSC.0022
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CARCSC.0022
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Library Collection:
Press of the Woolly Whale visitor's book
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Press of the Woolly Whale visitor's book
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Digital Project:
2020_0037_mbc
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2020_0037_mbc
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Catalog Record:
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https://archivesspace.rit.edu/repositories/3/resources/1180
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Place:
New York - New York
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New York - New York
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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.
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