The Press of A. Colish archives 1913–1990 1930s–1950s

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The Press of A. Colish archives 1913–1990 1930s–1950s

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The Press of A. Colish archives contains materials relating to the printing career of American fine printer and publisher Abraham Colish (1882–1963).

5 linearfeet plus oversize material

eng,

University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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A. Colish (Firm)

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American fine printer and publisher Abraham Colish (1882–1963) immigrated with his family to the United States from Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth century. In 1894, at the age of twelve, he took an after-school job with a small printing shop in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Over the next few years, his duties progressed from sweeping the shop and selling papers to feeding the press and composing type. When he was sixteen, Colish and his mother moved to New York Cit...