Description
Pin marks are the printing world's version of maker's marks. It is made by imprinting a special character to indicate what company manufactured the cut. A print cut's maker can also be identified through the shape of the body of the block/ cut. Often a number can be found in/ around the pin mark indicating the type size.
Publication Date
1919
Keywords
Pocket series (Haldeman-Julius Company), Haldeman-Julius Photograph Collection 1889-1968, Printing Press, Appeal to Reason, Goss, Industry, Appeal to Reason, Press, Newspaper, Little Blue Books, Julius A. Wayland, Socialist, Electrotype, Printing Plates, Press, Production, Miehle Press, Advertisements, Advertising, Printing Press, Appeal to Reason, Goss, Industry, Julius- Haldeman Company, E. Haldeman-Julius, Press, Newspaper, Little Blue Books, Julius A. Wayland, Socialist, Electrotype, Printing Cuts, Printing Plates, Press, Production, Alice Haldeman-Julius, Letterpress, Lead type
Rights
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Recommended Citation
Haldeman-Julius, Emanuel, "Little Blue Book Print Cut Pin/ Maker's Mark samples" (1919). Little Blue Books Printing Plates. 478.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/hjlbb-pp/478
Comments
Date of production cannot be fully determined; year of production was chosen as 1919.