TONIGHT! An open house celebrating The Handy Book of Artistic Printing · Jun 25, 07:41 AM
TONIGHT! An open house celebrating
The Handy Book of ArtisticPrinting
Authors Angela Voulangas and
Doug Clouse will be in attendance!
Bowne & Co., Stationers
211 Water Street at South Street Seaport Museum 212-748-8651
Thursday, 6/25/09 from 6 to 8 PM
Bowne & Co., Stationers, a part of the South Street Seaport Museum, resembles a typical job shop of the late 1870’s. The space would have been rather dim and lit by gas. Printing was done on presses that were powered by a treadle that had to be pumped with the foot. The shop employees had to hand-pick each piece of metal type to hand-set the text.
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