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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
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
BUSN2A-00242Harpers Weekly special automobile issue, 1907. Printed color lithograph cover
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
William Caxton, the first English printerWilliam Caxton examining his first proof sheet in Westminster Abbey, England, 1475. Printed reproduction of a color lithograph 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
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
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-00052Title page of " The Federalist, " 1788, urging ratification of the new U.S. Constitution. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash
PREV2A-00032Benjamin Franklins Ramage printing press. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PREV2A-00045Title page of Benjamin Franklins " Poor Richards Almanack, " 1733. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash
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
BUSN2A-00163Paper bank-note of the Ming Dynasty, China. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction
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
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