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Posted by printsmurf
 - March 27, 2025, 08:35:48 AM
Alois Senefelder Bust     Cincinnati Litho Club      A bust of A. Senefelder who was the Inventor of Lithography. The bronze bust fits on a wooden pedestal. The bronze bust is 8.25 inches tall and fits on a 5 inch pedestal. The total height is 13.25 inches.

Posted by printsmurf
 - March 22, 2025, 08:07:17 AM
Plaquette - Le Petit Journal



Obverse:  Seated woman carrying branches of laurel and oak under a tree.

Lettering:
OFFERT
PAR LE PETIT JOURNAL
CH. PILLET

Reverse:  Under a laurel branch, a rooster with a paw on a globe bearing the words "FRANCE". 2 crossed oak branches below.
Posted by printsmurf
 - March 08, 2025, 11:57:55 AM
Cinderella stamp from Hungary c.1970      Athenaeum Press



The image is taken from the postage stamp issued on 27 January 1969 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Athenaeum Press, Budapest.                                     
Posted by printsmurf
 - March 06, 2025, 11:03:05 AM
Johann Fust & Peter Schöffer Printer's Colophon Enamel Pin Badge


Posted by printsmurf
 - February 23, 2025, 02:59:07 PM
Cinderella stamp  BOYS TOWN NEBRASKA  Print Shop


Posted by printsmurf
 - February 23, 2025, 02:46:49 PM
Cinderella stamp from Hungary    NYOMDA ES PAPIRIPARI DOLGOZOK SZAKSZERVEZETE = PRINTING AND PAPER INDUSTRY WORKERS' UNION


Posted by printsmurf
 - January 30, 2025, 01:00:05 PM
Cinderella Stamp from 1930        Fuchs and Lang Mfg co General Printing Ink Corporation


Posted by printsmurf
 - January 05, 2025, 03:47:25 PM
The printing works of the newspaper "Le Figaro", rue Drouot     1908


Posted by printsmurf
 - January 05, 2025, 03:40:56 PM
Journal la Petite Gironde - The Great Hall of Machines and Composition             Date Unknown


Posted by printsmurf
 - January 05, 2025, 03:35:44 PM
Printing House of 'The French Action' Newspaper - Rotary Machines           Date unknown


Posted by printsmurf
 - December 20, 2024, 10:58:51 AM
Reliable Poultry Journal     1918    Printing press appears on a postcard advertising the Reliable Poultry Journal Publishing Company of Quincy, Illinois


Posted by printsmurf
 - December 19, 2024, 11:06:39 AM
Photo Postcard    Linotype    Dating from early 1900s



Dated 1922


Posted by printsmurf
 - December 18, 2024, 11:10:02 AM
South Hackensack NJ-New Jersey    Linotype Parts Company Factory Building Postcard.
Late 40's/early 50's?  judging by the cars?

Posted by printsmurf
 - December 07, 2024, 01:07:39 PM
Pin badge     A Senefelder  NALC

Measures about 5/8" in height and about 3/8" in width. Screw back.
Bust of A. Senefelder N. A. L. C.




Posted by printsmurf
 - November 30, 2024, 11:44:28 AM
Cinderella stamp from Liepzig 1914      This may be associated with the BUGRA Exhibition taking place in Liepzig in 1914

Sondergruppe Der Frau = Special Women's Group


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