Taylor, John Young

John Taylor resided in Oswego, NY. In 1892, he was a traveling saleman for the first newspaper syndicate established in the United States by Irving Bacheller. Taylor's business card names the firm as Bachellor & Johnson Syndicate, the Pictorial League, headquartered at the Tribune Building in New York. The firm is also known as the New York Press Syndicate. Taylor sold pre-drawn advertising cuts to merchants throughout America from as far south as Havana, Cuba to as far north as the province of Manitoba, Canada.

From the description of Diary, 1892. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122394264