Golding Manufacturing Co.

Golding & Co., initially called the Printer Manufacturing Co., and later the Golding Manufacturing Company, was founded in 1869 by William Hughson Golding (1845-1916), in partnership with Edward H. Dennison. They were a principal producer in the 19th and early 20th centuries of letter press equipment, manufacturing platen job presses and other printing equipment primarily in Boston, but later also in Franklin, Massachusetts. Their three basic printing presses were in production for fifty years: The Pearl Press, The Official Press, and The Golding Jobber, and they also marketed paper cutters, lead and rule cutters, inks, and a range of printers' supplies. Golding, Sr. died in 1916 and in 1918 the company was absorbed by ATF. William Hughson Golding was married to Georgiana Evert Putnam Golding and they had a son, William H. Golding, Jr., who also worked for the company. [Source: Steve Saxe, "A brief history of Golding & Co.," APHA Printing History No. 6 (1981).]

Golding & Co., initially called the Printer Manufacturing Co., and later the Golding Manufacturing Company, was founded in 1869 by William Hughson Golding (1845-1916), in partnership with Edward H. Dennison (d.1903). They were a principal producer in the 19th and early 20th centuries of letter press equipment, manufacturing platen job presses and other printing equipment primarily in Boston, but later also in Franklin, Massachusetts. Their three basic printing presses were in production for fifty years: The Pearl Press, The Official Press, and The Golding Jobber, and they also marketed paper cutters, lead and rule cutters, inks, and a range of printers' supplies. Golding, Sr. died in 1916 and in 1918 the company was sold to the American Type Founders Co (ATF).

William Hughson Golding was born in St. John, New Brunswick on 24 May 1845. In 1848 the family settled in Boston. Golding worked for a time at the Chelsea Herald and later moved to a large printing house in Boston, where by age 19 he was a practical printer and foreman of the plant. After serving in an infantry company during the Civil War, he went to work for the Boston Daily Courier until 1869 when he began his business as the Printer Manufacturing Co. In 1880 Golding married Georgiana Evert Putnam Golding and they had one daughter and two sons. The sons, William H. Golding, Jr. and Gilbert Golding, both worked for the company.

Source: Steve Saxe, "A brief history of Golding & Co.," APHA Printing History No. 6 (1981).