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This Web Museum is established for the
purpose of educating the general public, and the next generation, on the
beauties of wood types and engraved blocks. Our mission is to gather, save,
preserve, and interpret wood types and information about them.
As the demand for broadsides increased during
first years of the nineteenth century, the need for the process of
producing large letters cheaply arose. Wood was a logical material
choice because of its ready availability, lightness, and proven
printing qualities. In 1827, Darius Wells of New York City first
found the means to mass produce wood letters. In March of
1828, first wood type catalogue was published by Wells. Throughout
the wood type manufacturing history, many manufactories were in
business. Among those, Wm. H. Page & Co., Vanderburgh, Wells & Co. and Hamilton Mfg. Co. was
the most noted ones.
News
On January 2022, I started Youtube channel - AmericanWoodType. New video will be uploaded every other week. In there, I will share how I clean, organize, and indentify wood types.
As we are working on revamping our unicorngraphics.com website, I am planning to move this web museum to new location - AmericanWoodType.org. The move will take place in few months. I promise you new website will be bigger and better.
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