Photo-engraved Blocks

These cover several dozen printeries and in some cases seem to be their entire collection of blocks. Some printers never throw anything out, so there are some very old blocks in the collection.

The blocks relate to books, magazines and newspapers, commercial printing and social printing. There are many advertisements and company insignia, business forms, clothing labels, greeting motifs; and half-tones ranging from head-and-shoulder shots to rustic and architectural scenes. There are a number of three-colour and four-colour sets, in some cases copper-plated.

As with most of our collections, a great amount of work still needs to be done in taking care of these items and cataloging them.