Printing Press Collection

Printing the Daily Telegraph newspaper, London, c1900 (1903). From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Statue of Laurens Jansz. Coster in Haarlem, 1780-1836. Creator: Johannes Jelgerhuis
Statue of Laurens Jansz. Coster in Haarlem, 1780-1836

Ah! Tu veux te frotter à la presse!!, 1833. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ah! Tu veux te frotter a la presse!!, 1833. Printer, crushing colleague in printing press: Ah! You want to rub shoulders with the press!!'

Visit of the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred to Messrs. Day and Son's Lithographic Establishment, [London], 1856. Royal visit to the printing workshop of the lithographers to the Queen

Goudy, Frederick, Mr. at his printing press, 1924 Mar. 15. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Goudy, Frederick, Mr. at his printing press, 1924 Mar. 15

Roaring Girl, Los Angeles, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
Roaring Girl, Los Angeles, [193-]. Hollywood Playhouse..."Roaring Girl" by John C. Moffitt...Federal Theatre Project - Div. of W.P.A.'

Bureau engraving & printing - stamp division, between 1890 and 1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Bureau engraving & printing - stamp division, between 1890 and 1910. Photograph shows interior view with women working at machines in the stamp division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Stamp Division, between 1889 and 1890. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Stamp Division, between 1889 and 1890. Photograph shows woman and man printing sheet of stamps

Self-Portrait, 1897. Creator: William Strang
Self-Portrait, 1897

De près ou de loin tous les métiers ont besoin d'être touchés par un reflet de l'art... 1887
De pres ou de loin tous les metiers ont besoin d'etre touches par un reflet de l'art : Les metiers : Esquisse pour la salle de dessin de l'ecole de la rue Dombasle

G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918
G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918. Men in printing workshop

Interior of the Lemercier Lithographic Printing House, n.d. Creator: Charles Villemin
Interior of the Lemercier Lithographic Printing House, n.d. Probably by Charles Villemin

G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918
G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918. Men in printing works

Stamp machine, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Stamp machine, between 1910 and 1917
Stamp machine, between 1910 and 1917. Postage stamps being printed

The Bank-Note Printing-Room, at the Bank of England, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Bank-Note Printing-Room, at the Bank of England [in London], 1854. The quality and the water-mark of the...paper have in the new Note (now on the point of being issued to the public)

Pressmen at work in printing shop, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1899 or1900

The inland printer. Christmas number MDCCXCIX, c1899 (?). Creator: William H Bradley
The inland printer. Christmas number MDCCXCIX, c1899 (?)

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Compositors working in printing shop, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1899 or1900

Card-Maker, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: Benoit-Louis Prevost
Card-Maker, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

British Institution Exhibition - "The First Impression" - painted by H. Selous, 1850. Creator: Smyth
British Institution Exhibition - "The First Impression" - painted by H. Selous, 1850. Engraving of a painting in a London exhibition:..one of Mr

Acta Diurna (Daily Acts or Daily Public Records). The first proto-newspaper, ca 131 BC. Found in the Collection of Museo della Civilta Romana

Checking print, the White Rose Press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968. A printworker checking the print from a Heidelberg press

Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia and Moldavia, c1906, (1907). Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (1588-1654) noted for introducing the printing press to Wallachia (1634)

Patent vertical printing machine, Great Exhibition, London, 1851. Applegath printing machine belonging to the The Illustrated London News. A print from The Illustrated London News, 31 May 1851

Gold-blocking press, 1886. Machinery for bookbinding and printing. Illustration from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, by Charles Tomlinson

Day & Sons lithography workshop, 1856. The visit of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and his brother Prince Alfred to Messrs Day and Sons lithographic establishment

2 men operating map printing press at U.S. Geol. Survey, (1900?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
2 men operating map printing press at U.S. Geol. Survey, (1900?)

Printing press room, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1901. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Printing press room, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1901. (Boarding school for Native American students, founded in 1879 under US governmental authority)

Richard March Hoe, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Richard Hoe, between 1855 and 1865. [Inventor: designed a rotary printing press]

Trade Card for Strakers Improved Lithographic Presses, 19th century. 19th century. Creator: Anon
Trade Card for Strakers Improved Lithographic Presses, 19th century

Printing Press Roller, c. 1938. Creator: Manuel G. Runyan
Printing Press Roller, c. 1938

Huck Press experimental plate proof, 1957. Creator: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Huck Press experimental plate proof, 1957. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing adopted state-of-the-art printing technologies that transformed stamp production

Print Shop, 1870, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Perkins Harnly
Print Shop, 1870, 1935/1942

Marriage a la Mode: pl. 3, 1745. Creator: Bernard Baron
Marriage a la Mode: pl. 3, 1745

Lithographer, 1874. Creator: Unknown
Lithographer, 1874

Imprimerie en Taille Douce, Developpement de la Presse: pl. II, 1771 / 1779
Imprimerie en Taille Douce, Developpement de la Presse: pl. II, 1771/1779. [Engraving works: development of the printing press]

Imprimerie en Taille Douce: pl. I, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Unknown
Imprimerie en Taille Douce: pl. I, 1771/1779. [Printing and engraving workshop]

Copper Plate Printers at Work, Folio from the Davis Album, Iran, dated A. H. 1199 / A. D
Copper Plate Printers at Work, Folio from the Davis Album, Iran, dated A.H. 1199/A.D. 1784-85. Copy of a printed illustration in the book Novo teatro di machine e edificii by Vittorio Zonca

Cover for "L estampe originale"(Couverture de "L estampe originale")
Cover for " L estampe originale" (Couverture de " L estampe originale" ), 1893

The Intaglio Printers, 1642. Creator: Abraham Bosse
The Intaglio Printers, 1642

Trade card for George Odell, Printer, 19th century. Creator: Anon
Trade card for George Odell, Printer, 19th century

Trade Card for Thomas Harper, Copper Plate Printer and Stationer, 18th century

Portrait d un graveur, 1860s-70s. Creator: Unknown
Portrait d un graveur, 1860s-70s

Cover for L Estampe originale, Album I, publiee par les Journal des Artistes, 1893. Printer Pe?re Cotelle presenting cabaret performer Jane Avril with a newly printed artwork

The Progress of the Century - The Lightning Steam Press. The Electric Telegraph. The Locomotive. The Steamboat. 1876

Z. Zansz, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen &
Z. Zansz, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888. Laurens Janszoon Coster (Zansz)

William Caxton, (c1422-c1491), 1890. Creator: Unknown
William Caxton, 1890. William Caxton (c1422-c1491) English merchant, diplomat, and writer, introduced a printing press to England in 1476

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