Specimens of Printing Types, Plain and Ornamental, Rules, Borders, Ornaments, Dashes, Etc. from the United States Type Foundry of James Conner's Sons, 28, 30 and 32 Centre Street, New York PDF Download

Author: James Conner's Sons
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Category : Printing
Languages : en
Pages : 636

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James Conner's Sons was located at 28, 30, 32 Centre Street between 1870-1892. This catalog includes: type metal, equipment, presses, wood type, cuts, ornaments, borders, and rule. It includes a large selection of German type, as well as a few samples of music, Greek, and Hebrew type. The "Campaign" cut 2462 shows a Black man among the audience members who are listening to a candidate's speech. Numbers 54-55, 1790, 492, 502, and 510 in the Ornaments section show small figures who appear to be male and female fugitives from slavery, self-emancipated individuals, or formerly enlsaved people returning "home" to a plantation. Cut 2119 most likely depicts a blackface minstrel musician.