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[Britton & Rey sample albums of postcards, stationery, checks, vignettes and other printed matter]Creator/Contributor:
Britton & Rey, creator, creator.Abstract:
Samples of printed matter produced by Britton & Rey firm in late 19th and early 20th centuries, perhaps used for public display
and/or internal reference. Materials include color postcards (vols. 1-2); letterhead and envelopes, chiefly for San Francisco
and other Bay Area clients (vol. 4); vignette illustrations (vol. 5); checks, chiefly for San Francisco and other California
clients (vol. 6); and other miscellaneous samples such as technical illustrations, maps, monograms, merchandise labels, architectural
drawings and portraits (vol. 3). Subject matter of postcards and many illustrations includes numerous points of interest in
San Francisco, the Bay Area and California.
Date:
1890 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caLithography -- California -- San Francisco
Lithographie -- Californie -- San Francisco
Lithography
California -- Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
California
California -- San Francisco
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Britton & Rey -- Archives
Britton & Rey.
Rey, Jacques Joseph -- Portraits
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Printed and compiled by Britton & Rey.
Includes photograph portraits of Jacques Joseph Rey and an unidentified man (in PIC folder).
Vol. 3 heavily annotated with measurements and speed of print jobs for samples; also includes many "daily time slip" forms.
Titles printed on album covers: vol. 4: Letterheads; vol. 5: Vignettes; vol. 6: Checks.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Purchase; From Victor Meshkovsky ; 2016.
Major San Francisco lithographic printing firm and publisher, founded by Joseph Britton and Jacques Joseph Rey, operating
from approximately 1851 to 1916.
Britton & Rey sample albums of postcards, stationery, checks, vignettes and other printed matter, BANC PIC 2017.010, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicChecks.
Archives.
Pictorial works.
Portraits.
Prints.
Lithographs-San Francisco-California.
Photomechanical prints-California-San Francisco.
Postcards.
Letterheads.
Physical Description:
print
Approximately 2,000 prints in 6 albums : chiefly lithographs ; sheets various sizes, albums 54 x 37 cm or smaller.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.