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The compleat Jane Grabhorn : a hodge-podge of typographic ephemera, three complete books, broadsides, invitations, greetings, place cards, etc., etc. Item Info

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Title:

The compleat Jane Grabhorn : a hodge-podge of typographic ephemera, three complete books, broadsides, invitations, greetings, place cards, etc., etc.

Creator:

Jane Grabhorn

Press Name:

Jumbo Press

Date of Birth:

1968

Description:

Cover from Jane Grabhorn's "The compleat Jane Grabhorn," a compilation of Grabhorn's printed works under the Jumbo Press imprint between 1937 and 1968. The compilation includes Grabhorn's tenets on "correct" printing, an imagined interview with Frederic Goudy, and other sarcastic quips related to women's presence in traditionally male-centric letterpress printing environments.

Subjects:

fine-press

Location:

San Francisco, California

Latitude:

37.77604045

Longitude:

-122.4266278

Source:

Special Collections and University Archives, University of Maryland Libraries

Type:

image;stillimage

Format:

image/jpeg

Source

Preferred Citation:

"The compleat Jane Grabhorn : a hodge-podge of typographic ephemera, three complete books, broadsides, invitations, greetings, place cards, etc., etc.", Women Letterpress Printers in the West, 1850-1950,

Reference Link:

https://mnhasel.github.io/women-printers/items/printer_041.html

Rights

Rights:

In copyright; educational use permitted.