SPECIMEN BOOK OF TYPE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

SPECIMEN BOOK OF TYPE

Entry/Object ID

96.27.1.2

Description

Booklet--"Specimen Book of Type", Los Angeles: Frank Wiggins Trade School, no date, 93 pp. A booklet showing various specimens of type utilized at the printing department of the Frank Wiggins Trade School in Los Angeles. Bound in a soft composition book-like cover. In fair condition, there is wear and stains on the cover and spine and pages 33-36 are loose from the binding.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Printing

Search Terms

Documentary Artifact, Pamphlets, Frank Wiggins Trade School, Type and type-founding

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Pamphlets