Lunchtime Reading: more surprising printing notes

An interesting surprise from 1867. In The Riverside Magazine For Young People (Vol I, No V: May, 1867, pg 210 & 211): an article about printing in China. You'll have to click to biggify, but it's kind of fun to read.

Stereo Cards: Sears Printing. Who knew!

Picked these up today. They are No. 32, 34, and 21 in a series about the Sears & Roebuck Co. in Chicago. They are undated. The photo of the lobby seems to tell me, from the women's fashions, that it was taken between 1900 and 1915 [update: correct. The website linked below confirms a date of appx 1905, corroborated by several cards which show more fashionable ladies). However, the large presses pictured in the press room seem rather advanced for that date. I will defer to my friends from Letpress in hopes of further information.
NOTE: to see these well, you will have to double click to biggify them!

And an update, thanks to Dr. David MacMillan on Letpress: the complete set is viewable here, with all text on the obverses. Important because a set from the Edgar Rice Burroughs collection is online, but only a few of the cards' obverse sides are included.

Arboret Ornaments

Just to show off how nicely Arboret's ornaments are packaged at Skyline Type Foundry.

That is a wonderful method: all pieces labeled, and the label itself dated. Thanks, Sky!

I ordered two boxes of ornaments, not knowing if they'd ever be cast again once Sky runs out of the original casting. I laid them into the California Job Case with the two sizes (12 & 14 pt) of type. It would be awkward to store two boxes of ornaments separately from their designated typeface. I added labels so I can tell which ornaments are which.

As you can tell, I am a big fan of the "cordwood" type arrangement. It prevents delicate kerns from breaking, and the face itself from scratches caused by other sorts.

Since Arboret is a caps-only face, I laid the actual 12 and 24 point letters in the lower case sections of this California case. This leaves plenty of room for the ornaments to inhabit the upper case section.