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Franklin was there.: PB 17-2004

Object information

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Titles

Franklin was there.

Maker(s)

Designer: White, Lewis F.
Illustrator: DePol, John
Typographer: Baumwell, M. J.
Printing: Tri-Arts Press
Binding: Russell-Rutter Company

Categories

Description

Series: Typophiles monographs ; 68

This keepsake is published in connection with the celebration of Printing Week in New York, 1962, the 256th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, printer"--Verso of t.p.

33, [2] p : ill ; 19 cm.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1962

Note

"Privately printed.". Cover is Peacock Linweave Spectra. Text is White Wove Linweave Text. Binding: blue paper, gold stamped, over boards.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 17-2004
Primary reference Number: 99069
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Franklin was there." Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/99069 Accessed: 2024-11-21 23:52:57

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