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Columbian
This type measures 8 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Page & Co., Greenville, Ct. which was used by Page and Basset between 1857–1859.
This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1870 Specimens of Wood Type.
This cut of Columbian was shown in American Wood Type on page 268 and in the folio on page 53.
Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Columbian or No 155
Morgans & Wilcox Columbian [3048]
National Printers’ Materials Columbian
Page Columbian [4155]
Tubbs Columbian
Wells Columbian or No 450 [5047]
This cut is the Page cut.
The manufacturing stamp found on this type was used predominately between 1857–1859, though there are several unexplained instances where it is used on type first introduced after 1870, as this example illustrates.
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