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3 Electrotype Plates & Advertisement

Identifier:
E1998.37.3 a-d
Description:
3 copper printing plates and 1 three color cardboard advertising print. Each printing plates is for one of the 3 colors in the three color printing process. Certain areas of each plate are etched or left blank to produce one step of the printing. The cardboard ad is a representative produuct of the 3 plates. It is a tri-fold cardboard with an image of a woman with a lamp on the 2 outside panels and the text, 'A New Light From Your Old Lamp.';These plates and ad are good examples to use in the print shop to illustrate to visitors how 3 color ads are made. The metal plates will make good touch-it items.;Made and printed by Beute Printing.;Made and printed by Beute Printing.
Date:
1900
Materials:
Copper, Cardboard
Dimensions:
9" h 15.5" w
Current Location Status:
On Exhibit
Collection Tier:
Tier 3
Source:
Gift Of Roland J. Beute
Exhibit/Program:
Streets of Old Grand Rapids (after 1994)
Related Entities:
Beute Printing (creator) Beute, Roland J. (donor)