What Did Printers Print?
by Richard Sheaff
Many 19th century promotional cards and advertisements for printing and engraving companies list of the sorts of things they had produced, or wished to produce. I always like to take a close look at such listings, and am often rewarded with new information.
And in addition . . . each one of such listed items can be looked at as a category of collectible! With that in mind, here are a few trade cards which itemize products, followed by a list compiled from a host of vintage items, in no particular order.
