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Gutenbergs printing press, 1450sGutenberg and Fust with the first printing press, Germany, 1450s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Cylinder printing press, 1800sHoe printing press, showing type locked on the bed and overlays fixed on the cylinder; ink rollers on far right, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Typesetter at work, 1800sSetting type by hand in a print-shop. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Gutenberg Bible pagePage of the Gutenburg Bible. Color lithograph reproduction of the document
BUSN2P-00001Book and magazine printing press at Harper & Bros. New York City, early 1900s. Printed halftone of a photograph
Mob burning abolitionist Elijah Lovejoys print-shop, Illinois, 1835Pro-slavery mob burning the print-shop of abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy, Alton, Illinois, 1835. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
New York Ledger newspaper ad, late 1800sAdvertisement for the Christmas issue of the New York Ledger, 1891. Hand-colored woodcut
Latin grammar page from Gutenbergs pressPage of the " Grammaire Latine" by Donatus, published by Gutenberg. Woodcut with a watercolor wash
Printing the Gutenberg Bible, 1453The first proof sheet from Gutenbergs press, 1453. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PulitzerJournalist Joseph Pulitzer, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
William Caxton, the first English printerWilliam Caxton examining his first proof sheet in Westminster Abbey, England, 1475. Printed reproduction of a color lithograph illustration
Acquittal of John Peter Zenger, 1735John Peter Zenger celebrating his acquittal after trial for libel, colonial New York City, 1735. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Darley illustration
BUSN2A-00153Rural newspaper editor considering farm products as payment for a subscription, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PPRT2A-00007Andrew Hamiltons defense of John Peter Zenger, establishing freedom of the press in the American colonies, 1734-1735. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration
PPRT2A-00006Gutenbergs printing press, Mainz, Germany, 1450s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PPRT2A-00002Johannes Gutenberg examining a proof. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century illustration
Pulitzer, 1910Joseph Pulitzer about 1910. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a painting
PREV2A-00080Young Ben Franklin in a Philadelphia printing shop, told by Governor Keith he should go to England. Hand-colored woodcut
BUSN2A-00261Typesetters and printers at work in a print shop, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration by A. B. Frost
PREV2A-00032Benjamin Franklins Ramage printing press. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Scribners magazine 1897Scribners Magazine cover for May 1897. Color lithograph
BUSN2A-00065Stephen Dayes press, the first printing press in America, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1640. Hand-colored woodcut
GASI2A-00008Chinese printers inking blocks to reprint Chinese classics - paper is rubbed on top of the inked block. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
Engravers preparing books in ChinaPrinters engraving the Chinese classics, China, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
PPRT2A-00003Page of Gutenbergs 42-line Bible, printed in the 1450s, probably the first use of movable type. Color lithograph reproduction
BUSN2A-00007Ad for the New York Sun, a weekly newspaper, 1880. Color lithograph
PBUS2A-00011Joseph Pulitzer holding a press printing the New York " World" newspaper 1901. Hand-colored halftone of an illustration
Freedmen in printing class at Hampton Institute, Virginia, 1870sFormer slaves learning printing at Hampton Institute in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PPRT2A-00004British colonial government burning Zengers newspaper on Wall Street, New York City, 1734. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PREV2A-00088Ben Franklin arriving in Philadelphia as a young man looking for work. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
