Footlight Press Printing Specimens
Collection
Identifier: 83-20
Scope and Contents
Samples of the press' work for Virginia City customers, including advertisements, invitations, calling cards, and tickets.
Dates
- 1877-1878
Creator
- Footlight Press (Creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Historical Note
The Footlight was originally a newspaper printed by J. Croall and Co. By 1875, John W. Plant and John A. Mahanny became publishers. Plant soon retired and David L. Brown replaced him. Brown and Mahanny published the Footlight as well as printed other materials such as flyers, business cards, and menus from their office in the rear of their bookstore on the corner of C and Taylor streets in Virginia City, Nevada. Around 1880s, Mahanny retired and Brown became the sole proprietor and editor of the Footlight.
[Information from The Newspapers of Nevada by Richard Lingenfelter and Karen Rix Gash (1984)]
[Information from The Newspapers of Nevada by Richard Lingenfelter and Karen Rix Gash (1984)]
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet (113 leaves)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Samples of Footlight Press' work for Virginia City customers, including advertisements, invitations, calling cards, and tickets. Material from 1877-1878.
Arrangement
Arranged by type of sample, i.e., tickets, calling cards, etc.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Talisman Press via Friends of the Library in August 1983.
Creator
- Footlight Press (Creator, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Footlight Printers Printing Specimens
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jacque Sundstrand
- Date
- January 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department Repository
Contact:
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu