COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc_108637_keystone
Identifier:
cc_108637_keystone
Title:
Specimens of printing types cast from the celebrated nickel alloy type metal: best in the world
Creator:
Keystone Type Foundry
Subject:
Type and type-founding
Subject:
Printing in multiple colors
Subject:
Trade catalogs
Subject:
Type ornaments
Summary:
The Keystone Type Foundry was established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Francis Wayland Ayer in 1888. Ayer had previously owned the advertising agency N. W. Ayer & Son and acquired a printer's supply house, the Mather Manufacturing Company. This catalog chiefly contains type metal with display faces with a very small set of ornaments, rule, and equipment.
Publisher:
Keystone Type Foundry
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original:
1901
Date of Digitization:
2021
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
type specimens
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
books
Dimensions of Original:
20 cm
Language:
English
Original Item Location:
108637
Library Collection:
The Stephen O. Saxe Printing History Collection
Digital Project:
2021_0062_saxe
Place:
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
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.