Metal letterpress type block on dark wood surface – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Metal letterpress type block on dark wood surface, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Metal letterpress type block on dark wood surface
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Metal letterpress type, its raised characters reversed and set in rows, sits on a dark wood surface that shows the handling and wear of long use. Pieces like this were the working units of printing before phototypesetting and digital layout took over, when a compositor assembled each line by hand from individual sorts and locked the finished page into a chase for printing. Blocks such as this one, often lettered in a single typeface and size, were the everyday material of newspapers, books and job printing, and their faces are worth a closer look for the small nicks and ink residue that record the thousands of impressions they once made.
| Original scan | 1,194 × 1,155 px |
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| Reference | 2068904149_00656d42a9_o Print Press - Peter |
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