Printers' Devices Record | |||||
26 x 26 mm.
© Allen Press |
Printer/Publisher: Press of Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Allen, Lewis M. Allen, Dorothy, 1908- . | ||
Country: California (U.S.) | City: Hillsborough | Date: 1939 | |
Keywords: men, women | |||
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Names, Initials: Press of Lewis & Dorothy Allen | |||
Device Designer: Bethers, Ray, 1902- . | |||
Device Reference: Weygand, J.L. Collection of pressmarks p. 7
Go to Page: 8 |
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Notes: Measurements include letterpress. "When the Press of Lewis and Dorothy Allen (now The Allen Press) was begun in 1939, its pressmark indicated that it was a husband and wife enterprize by picturing 2 figures framed in the name of the press. The device shown here was designed by Ray Bethers." © James Lamar Weygand |
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Source: Weygand, James Lamar. A collection of pressmarks gathered from America's private presses and from others not so private. Nappanee, Ind., Private Press of the Indiana Kid, 1956. |
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Reference: | |||
Location: University of Florida | |||
URL: https://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/devices/allen7.htm |