Central City Steam Printing House Collection
An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 24 Sep 2015
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 24 Sep 2015
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Central City Steam Printing House. |
| Title: | Central City Steam Printing House Collection |
| Dates: | circa 1850 |
| Quantity: | 0.25 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | A wide range of printed material, produced presumably as samples by the Central City Printing Company of Syracuse, New York. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Nothing could be discovered about the Central City Steam Printing House. Steam power was first applied to printing presses in Germany during the first decades of the 19th century, and the steam-powered rotary press was invented in 1843 in the United States by Richard M. Hoe. Evidently Central City found this new technology sufficiently compelling to include it in their company name.
The Central City Printing Company Collection consists of a wide range of business-related printed material, presumably produced as samples by the company. The material includes everything from advertisements and billheads to tickets and trade/business cards. Many of the samples are for local or reginal businesses, such as Empire Millinery (Syracuse), Constantia Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Sage Hotel (Canastota).
Alphabetically by type of material.
Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
See also the Central New York Trade Catalogs and Business Ephemera for additional examples of early printed business material.
Corporate Bodies
Central City Steam Printing House.
Subjects
Advertising cards -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Business enterprises -- Syracuse (N.Y.) -- 19th century.
Graphic design -- Specimens.
Printing -- Specimens.
Places
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Genres and Forms
Advertisements.
Announcements.
Billheads.
Business cards.
Circulars (fliers)
Dance cards.
Order forms.
Programs (documents)
Tickets.
Occupations
Publishers and printers.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Central City Steam Printing House,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2015.
Printed material (specimens)
| Printed material (specimens) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Advertisements | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Billheads - blank forms with a business letterhead, suitable for summarizing a list of items purchased | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Envelopes - includes tiny ones for church offerings | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Financial miscellany - receipts, past-due notices, etc. | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Invitations | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Labels [?] - probably for patent medicine bottles, packages, etc. | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Letterheads | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Notices | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Trade and business cards | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellany - includes a small notice for the front desk of the Vanderbilt House Hotel with rules and meal prices, list of nominees for city elections, introduction cards, price lists, a printed request for donations from Syracuse Lodge of Freemasons, subscription forms, etc. | ||||||||||