six original printing plates

[ Rover, Eulalie Osgood (author) ] ; [ Corbett, Bertha L (illustrator) ]

[ Printing Matrix ] Six printing plates "The Overall Boys", Rand McNally & Co, Chicago and NY

Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Co. circa 1910. A set of six printing plates used to print pages of "The Overall Boys" published by Rand McNally.

Each plate is 4 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches, and made from lead (or a composite?) with the printing surfaces copper clad for greater longevity. Each plate has a sticker marked "johnson's 9c 6-" which we assume is a company that sold these many years ago as printing artifacts. The plates are pages (we assume):

73: "A visit to the City"
95: "Old Uncle John"
117: "We have some valentines too" with running title "St. Valentine's Day"
46: "We are not afraid" with running title "Down by the Ocean"
89: "We are having a fine ride" with running title "Christmas Day"
75: "We are going to the city" with running title "A Visit to the City"

The plates with running titles may have been plates for the entire page, the other two just vignettes. Given the condition we're sure these could be re-printed nicely. Very Good. [28646]


We haven't been able to track down the particular edition these belong to but wouldn't be surprised if they were used for more than one edition. Possibly 1905, 1912, or 1915 editions. One interesting note is that the smaller vignettes appear to have been created separately and then soldered into the larger plate (as seen from the back - see image)

A fine example of period printing technology, with a great illustrator and author.

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