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Douglas C. McMurtrie

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Anerican typeface designer (1888–1944)

Born 1888
Died 1944

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  • Cover of: The Chicago dinner to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the invention of printing: a talk over Station WBBM, Chicago, Tuesday Oct. 1, 1940 ...

    First published in 1940 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A nationwide search for early American printing: a talk over station WDAF (Kansas City) Tuesday, June 14th 1938, 4:45 P.M.

    First published in 1938 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The establishment of the first Texas newspaper: with some excerpts from the "Texas republican", pioneer of newspapers at Nacogdoches in 1819

    First published in 1935 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The organization, work and method of the Red cross institute for the crippled and disabled men

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  • Cover of: The French underground press and its support of de Gaulle

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  • Cover of: Some Massachusetts broadsides of 1711

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  • Cover of: Four centuries of printing progress in the Americas: by Douglas C. McMurtrie. A radio talk recorded at station WBOE, Cleveland, Ohio, April 2, 1940; introd. by Michael J. Eck

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  • Cover of: A brief history of the first printing in the state of Alabama

    First published in 1931 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A printed broadside dated at Detroit, January 26, 1790: a query for bibliographers and historians, accompanied by facsimile of the broadside

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  • Cover of: The beginnings of printing in Idaho

    First published in 1932 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A note on North Carolina printing history

    First published in 1928 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The first printing in Virginia: the abortive attempt at Jamestown, the first permanent press at Williamsburg, the early gazettes, and the work of other Virginia typographic pioneers

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  • Cover of: The beginnings of printing in West Virginia, .

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  • Cover of: The brothers Voskens and their successors: origins in Germany and in Holland of a famous typefoundry. A business ancestor of the American type founders company, notes supplementary to Bauer's "Chronicle" of German typefounding

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  • Cover of: Newspaper advertising typography: an address at the eleventh mechanical conference of the American newspaper publishers association, .

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  • Cover of: The birth of printing 500 years ago

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  • Cover of: Five centuries of printing

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  • Cover of: The invention of printing and its five century progress: principle developed by Johann Gutenberg in Mainz in 1440 is virtually the same as today

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  • Cover of: The year 1940 celebrated as the 500th anniversary of the invention of printing: by Douglas C. McMurtrie

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  • Cover of: The Dutch claims to the invention of printing

    First published in 1928 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of Douglas C. McMurtrie

Anerican typeface designer (1888–1944)

Born 1888
Died 1944

Subjects

Printing, History, Bibliography, Imprints, Early printed books, Type and type-founding, Rehabilitation, American literature, People with disabilities, Specimens, Origin and antecedents, Disabled veterans, American newspapers, Graphic design (Typography), Advertising, Journalism, Sources, Book ornamentation, Celebrations of invention, Children with disabilities, Newspapers, Vocational rehabilitation, Advertising layout and typography, Color-printing, Quotation-marks

Places

United States, New York (State), Kentucky, Illinois, France, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Oregon, California, Mississippi, North Carolina, Wyoming, Geneva, Geneva (N.Y.), Iowa, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Auburn, Auburn (N.Y.), Europe

People

Johann Gutenberg (1397?-1468), Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), William Bradford (1663-1752), Claude Garamond (d. 1561), Denis Braud (fl. 1764-1770), Douglas C. McMurtrie (1888-1944), Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831), James Johnston (1738-1808), Johann Gutenberg (ca. 1398-ca. 1468), Joseph Charless, Joseph Charless (1772-1834), Jotham Meeker, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Andrew Logan, Antonio Ricardo (1540?-1606), Baptist Mission Press, Benjamin Franklin Bache, Benjamin Franklin Bache (1769-1798), Charles Evans, Charles Evans (1850-1935), Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), Claude Garamond (-1561), Denis Braud, Didot family

Time

18th century, 19th century, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 20th century, Revolution, 1775-1783, To 1500, 1778-1865, 1783-1850, 17th century, 1837-1841, English colony, 1763-1784, Origin and antecedents, To 1792, World War, 1914-1918

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Alternative names

  • Douglas Crawford McMurtrie
  • Douglas Mcmurtrie
  • Douglas McMurtrie
  • Douglas C. 1888-1944 McMurtrie
  • Douglas C McMurtrie
  • Douglas C Mcmurtrie
  • McMurtrie, Douglas C.,
  • Douglas C. (Douglas Crawfo McMurtrie
  • Douglus C. McMurtrie

History

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February 14, 2022 Edited by wolfgang8741 name to natural order
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import