Collection of Typeset Advertising Print Blocks c.1940 Photographic & Optical This is an original

This is an original

threaded wooden screw handle and adjustable steel and wood clamp

The barrels are covered with black leather

This piece is their company's first printing calculator

In 1881 he and Rochester's local buggy whip manufacturer Henry A

Collection of Typeset Advertising Print Blocks c.1940 Photographic & Optical This is an originalABOUT A collection of 26 small individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set. CREATOR Unknown. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c. 1940. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Metal on Wood. CONDITION Good minor wear. DIMENSIONS H 10 in. W 10 in. D 1 in. (Collection), Individual block sizes vary. HISTORY Salvaged from a paper factory in California.