Specimen Book

Author Werner Printing & Lithography Company American

ca. 1890

Not on view

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Title: Specimen Book
Author: Werner Printing & Lithography Company (Chicago, Illinois and Akron, Ohio)
Date: ca. 1890
Medium: Illustrations: photomechanical process
Dimensions: 5 13/16 x 9 1/16 in. (14.8 x 23 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Object Number: 52.610.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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