Image of a paper-cover progressive proof book for D.M. Ferry & Company; images for 6 seed packets are printed with a different color of the lithograph process; the 9 pages include a different color demonstrated on each page, with the first page showing the finished images with all colors applied; color bar on lower margin of each page. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Charles Hellmuth Inc. operated at 536-538 S. Clark St. after 1913. "D.M. Ferry & Co. #280 Petunia #344 Callopsis #567 Verbena #568 Chinese Forget me not # 569 Clarkia #570 Delphinium"--text, center of cover. "3488"--text, top left cover. "Proved with inks made by Charles Hellmuth, Inc. 536 & 538 South Clark Street Chicago"--text, stamped in ink on each page with handwritten mss notes on ink color name and number.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 32.39 x 30.16 cm (12 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.)
Flowers--Pictorial works Printing industry Printing ink industry Seed industry and trade D.M. Ferry and Co Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) Proofs. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Horticulture Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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