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Letterpress printing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Detroit Publishing Co. photographs and postcard of the West

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 287
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs and postcards created by the Detroit Publishing Co. with images of the American West, including Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon. Includes photochrom prints. Also includes one copy negative. Dated approximately 1890-1939.

Dates: approximately 1890-1939

Ferris family photographs and negatives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 408
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs, some hand-colored, and some corresponding negatives with images of the Ferris family. Photographs were originally taken between the 1860s and the 1970s.

Dates: approximately 1860-1979

Photo Craft Shop photographs of the West

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 384
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs of the American West, taken by Photo Craft Shop between the 1890s and the 1950s. Includes images of Yellowstone, Montana, Colorado, Pikes Peak, and San Francisco. Also includes example of early photoshop.

Dates: approximately 1890-1959

Photographs of Kit Carson

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 222
Scope and Contents

Collection includes black and white photographs, one cased tintype, two acrylic paintings, and some corresponding safety film negatives of images of Christopher "Kit" Carson. Dated approximately 1860-1889.

Dates: approximately 1860-1889

Photographs of stage performers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 145
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs of stage scenes, musicians, and actors. Collection possibly includes matte collodion silver, direct carbon (Fresson), selenium toned gelatin silver, bromoil transfer, letterpress halftone (black and white as well as color), and possibly offset lithography. Dated approximately 1870-1929.

Dates: approximately 1870-1929

Charles M. Russell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 269
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 15 photographs, 74 sketches, 124 postcards, four pamphlets, two newspapers, and 13 placemats with images of cowboys, animals, and scenes of Western life. Dated approximately 1880-1929.

Dates: approximately 1880-1929

Photographs and negatives of Brigham Young

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 423
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs and acetate negatives with images of Brigham Young, his family, and other leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Includes copy prints and negatives. Original photographs are produced via a variety of processes, including multiple letterpress halftones. Dated approximately 1850-1909.

Dates: approximately 1850-1909