Press Collection (#95)

SPAIN: SHERRY PRODUCTION. Emptying the grapes into the lagar. Winery in Jerez, Spain. 19th century engraving

CALIFORNIA: WINE HARVEST. Workers, many of the them Chinese immigrants, crushing grapes during the wine harvest in California. Line engraving, American, 1878

MOLDING MACHINE, c1890. Four-sided molding machine, c1890. American line engraving

BENJAMIN FRANKLINs PRESS. Wood engraving, 19th century

RUSSIA: NIHILISTS, 1887. Police in St. Petersurg, Russia, discovering a nihilist printing press. Wood engraving, English, 1887

PRINTING PRESS, c1805. Charles Stanhopes stereotype press, an iron hand press invented c1805. Wood engraving, German, 19th century

PRINTING, 19th CENTURY. A Chinese printing office. Wood engraving, 19th century

TEXTILE MANUFACTURE, 1864. Press for packing Indian cotton. The manufacture of cotton at India. Wood engraving, English

GRAPE HARVEST, c1600. October. Copper engraving, German, 1702, after a painting by Pietro Candido (1548?-1628)

NAMING OF AMERICA, 1507. The printing of Martin Waldseem├╝llers Cosmographiae Introductio at St. Di

PRINTING, 18th CENTURY. The type of hand-press used in colonial America during the 18th century. Wood engraving, 1868

PRINTING, 19th CENTURY. Printing press. Wood engraving, 19th century

PRINTING, 18th CENTURY. American printer and publisher Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) in his printing shop at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving, American, 19th century

LITHOGRAPHY, c1840. Wood engraving, c1840

PRINTING PRESS, 1868. Wood engraving, 1868

WINEMAKING, ISTRIA, 1830s. Winemaking on the peninsula of Istria, Croatia, in the 19th century part of the Austrian Empire. Wood engraving, English, 19th century

FRANCE: WINEMAKING, 1854. Wine presses at Chteau Lafite, near Bordeaux, France. Wood engraving, English, 1854

JOHANN GUTENBERG (c1395-1468) and his partner, Johann Fust, with their printing press at Mainz: wood engraving, 19th century

PRINTING OFFICE, c1800. Wood engraving, American, c1800

JOHANN GUTENBERG (c1395-1468). German inventor. Gutenberg and his partner, Johann Fust (or Faust) with their printing press at Mainz: wood engraving, 19th century

SOLAR ENERGY, 1878. A printing press powered by the solar engine of Augustine Mouchot at the Universal Exposition at Paris, France, 1878. Wood engraving, American, 1884

SOLAR ENERGY, 1882. Printing a newspaper by solar power, as demonstrated by Abel Pifre in the Garden of the Tuileries, Paris, 6 August 1882: wood engraving, American, 1883

FRANKLINs PRINTING PRESS. The printing press of Benjamin Franklin, who established himself as a printer at Philadelphia c1730: wood engraving

PRINTING OFFICE, 1843. The printing office of The Illustrated London News. Wood engraving, English, 1843

GUTENBERG & PRINTING PRESS. Gutenberg (1400?-1468) examining a proof. Line engraving after a bas-relief on the pedestal of the Gutenberg monument in Mainz, Germany

WOMAN PRINTER, c1850. Wood engraving, c1850

PRINTING PRESS, 1826. Steam-driven perfecting printing press. English engraving, 1826

BANK OF ENGLAND, 1854. The banknote printing room at the Bank of England. Wood engraving, English, 1854

HAND PRINTING-PRESS, 1890. Banknote printing-press at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D. C
HAND PRINTING-PRESS, 1890. Banknote printing-press at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C. Line engraving, 1890

HOE WEB PRINTING PRESS. Printing newspapers at the Philadelphia Centennial Fair in 1876. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

PRINTING PRESSES, 1826. Ruthven, Bacon, & Donkin printing presses. English engraving, 1826

LONDON: PRINTING OFFICE. The Victoria Press in Great Coram Street, London, England, for the employment of women as compositors. Wood engraving, English, 1861

PRINT SHOP, PARIS, 1751. The composing room of a print shop: engraving for Denis Diderots Encyclopedie
PRINT SHOP, PARIS, 1751. The composing room of a print shop: engraving for Denis Diderots " Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers, " Paris, 1751

JOHANN GUTENBERG (c1395-1468) taking the first proof printed from movable type. Steel engraving, 19th century

WILLIAM CAXTON (1422-1491). First English printer. The first sheet from Caxtons press. Engraving, 19th century, after a painting by E.H. Wehnert

PRINTING, 16th CENTURY. The printing of books. Line engraving after a 16th century French manuscript illumination

RUSSIA: ST. PETERSBURG. St. Petersburg Police discovering a nihilist printing-press. Wood engraving from an English newspaper, 1887

JOHANN GUTENBERG (c1400-1468). German printer. Steel engraving, American, 1869

FRANCE: PRINT SHOP, 1751. The press room of a print shop. Line engraving, from L Encyclopedie of Denis Diderot, French, 1751

CANDIDO: OCTOBER. October. Copper engraving, German, 1702, after a painting by Pietro Candido (1548?-1628)

PRINTING PRESS, 1805. Charles Stanhopes stereotype press, invented in 1805. Wood engraving, German, 19th century

Ballooning celebration for Queen Victorias birthday
Front page of The Penny Satirist - A cheap substitute for a weekly Newspaper. Showing a large image of the Montgolfier balloon ascending from the Surrey Zoological Gardens with about ten people in

Balloons and parachutes
Full front page from The Penny Dispatch, giving five images of balloons and parachutes. Top left: the Royal Nassau Balloon, first ascent

The yellow press. Illustration shows William Randolph Hearst as a jester tossing newspapers with headlines such as Appeals to Passion, Venom, Sensationalism, Attacks on Honest Officials, Strife

The progress of the century - the lightning steam press, the electric telegraph, the locomotive, and the steamboat. Man using telegraph in foreground; in background are people using steam press

View of New Orleans, taken from the lower cotton press

Girl reading The Bystander magazine, WWI
Studio photographic portrait of a young girl dressed in a white dress holding a copy of The Bystander magazine. The Bystander magazine

1791 - Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly; 1941 - Freedom of expression and religion, freedom from want and fear: Everywhere in the world. FDR. Date between 1935 and 1943

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