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Franklin the printer – Historic Reproduction

Franklin the printer, c1914. — historic photograph
Franklin the printer, c1914.. Historic photograph from the Books & Writers 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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Benjamin Franklin appears at a hand printing press in this scene, the trade that took him from Boston to Philadelphia in the 1720s. The picture is a photographic reproduction of a painting by Charles E. Mills, copyrighted by the Detroit Publishing Company around 1914, when such reproductions of historical subjects were widely sold. Franklin's Philadelphia shop later produced the *Pennsylvania Gazette* and *Poor Richard's Almanack*, which made the press a central tool of colonial public debate.

Created / publishedc1914.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePaintings Reproductions 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ198444 or J198445 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. Reproduction of painting by Charles E. Mills.
SubjectsFranklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790. Printing presses--1720-1730. Printing--1720-1730.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,838 × 2,177 px · prints to 13 × 7 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-220730

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