A playground in the Bronx, near the site of the original Robert Hoe factory (when it moved to the Bronx from its original location in lower Manhattan) will get a playground with jungle gym reminiscent of the old Hoe rotary presses (example shown at right). For bibliophiles, Robert Hoe built an extraordinary library in late… Continue reading Printers’ Playground
Category: Printing History
G & C Merriam wholesale and retail book trade archive dispersal
Steve Ferguson of Princeton University Library talks about the dispersal of the unusual and research-valuable G. & C. Merriam archive. http://blogs.princeton.edu/rarebooks/2010/04/dispersal_of_a_book_trade_arch.html
New York’s Printing House Square
I collect architectural and street views of New York City, and one of the more unusual places of the late 19th C was Printing House Square, near City Hall. It was the site of the major newspapers (before they moved uptown) and the typefoundries (before the consolidated and moved out of town). A statue of… Continue reading New York’s Printing House Square