COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc_108609_hansen
Identifier:
cc_108609_hansen
Title:
Specimen book 1901
Creator:
H.C. Hansen Type Foundry
Subject:
Type specimens
Subject:
Type and type-founding - New York
Subject:
Type ornaments
Subject:
Printing machinery and supplies
Subject:
Wood types
Subject:
Trade catalogs
Summary:
"The H.C. Hansen Type Foundry was established by H. C. Hansen, who was born in Norway and immigrated to Boston, where he found employment with the Dickinson Type Foundry in 1868. After the 1872 fire at that foundry, Hansen decided to go into business for himself, implementing many efficiencies in practice. This catalog includes: type metal, equipment, presses, wood type, cuts, ornaments, and rule. The preface, signed H. C. Hansen, notes the firm's "new and commodious quarters, 190-192 Congress Street."
--Annenberg, M. "Type Foundries of America and Their Catalogs," page 145-49.
--Annenberg, M. "Type Foundries of America and Their Catalogs," page 145-49.
Publisher:
H.C. Hansen Type Foundry
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original:
1903 approximate
Date of Digitization:
2021
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
type specimens
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
books
Dimensions of Original:
16 x 21 cm
Language:
English
Original Item Location:
108609
Library Collection:
The Stephen O. Saxe Printing History Collection
Digital Project:
2021_0062_saxe
Place:
Massachusetts - Boston
Rights:
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Notes:
In original publisher's printed stiff purple wrappers; front cover has title and text printed in gold within an ornamental border