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[Printing press used by Franklin, 1725-26] – Vintage Wall Art

[Printing press used by Franklin, 1725-26] — historic photograph
[Printing press used by Franklin, 1725-26]. Historic photograph from the Presidents collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Printing press used by Franklin, 1725-26] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Printing press used by Franklin, 1725-26]

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Few objects connect Benjamin Franklin to his working years as directly as this printing press, which the title places in 1725-26. Franklin arrived in London in late 1724 looking for printing work and spent the next year and a half as a journeyman in several London shops, including those of Samuel Palmer and John Watts, before sailing home in 1726. The skills he sharpened there, from setting type to running a press, carried into his Philadelphia printing business and his later newspaper and almanac work. This photographic print shows the press as a physical link to that stretch of his career.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan996 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-123693

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