Linotyping for the printing trade, specimens of linotype faces carried by Cecil H. Wrightson, 74 India Street, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1922

Location Note

Product catalogues: Books and printing: Printing and printed matter: box 2 of 2

GUSN

GUSN-267185

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Description

Examples of the linotype faces, from five point to forty-eight point, are provided for customers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
printing (process)
printers (people)
type specimens
catalogs

Physical Descrption

1 catalog, 32 pages ; 9 x 6 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

2001

Reference Code

EP001.12.005.001.033

Date Notes

March 1922

Image Dimensions

9 x 6 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, 2001.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Cecil H. Wrightson (Firm) (Typesetter)

Material Type

catalogs

Subjects

India Street (Boston, Mass.)

Descriptive Terms

Cecil H. Wrightson

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Product catalogues: Books and printing: Printing and printed matter: box 2 of 2

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