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Apex Inks

Description
Two metal cans of block printing ink, each labeled Apex Inks, manufactured by Barta-Griffen Company, Worcester and Boston, Massachusetts. The labels on the top of each can read: "Apex Cover Mixing White". Each can is 3 3/4 oz., and appears to be unopened. "Spofford" is written in ms., in ink, on the top label of each.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
circa 1930
Call number
ephKAEE
Creator
Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Diana Korzenik, August 1997.
transferred from Huntington Art Reference Library, May 2000.
purchased from Mike Kaplan, October 2000.
Associated people
Korzenik, Diana, (1941-)
Abbott, Jacob, (1803-1879,)
Abbott, John S. C. (1805-1877,)
Bartholomew, William N. (1822-1898,)
Coe, Benjamin H. (1799-1883,)
Coe, E. M. (1862-1944,)
Cross, Anson K. (1818-1894,)
Hodgman, Carolyn S., (1803?-1887,)
Knudsen, Carl Wilhelm, (1882-1942,)
Morgan, Lucius B., (1807-)
Nutting, B. F. (1887-1969,)
Sarg, Tony, (1836-1886,)
Schuster, Sigismond,
Shaw, Ruth Faison,
Smith, Walter,
Spofford, Mabel,
Spofford, Mabel,
Wright, Wynna,
Associated organizations
Faber-Castell (Firm)
American Crayon Company.
Binney & Smith Co.
D. Appleton and Company.
D. Lothrop & Company.
F.W. Devoe & C.T. Raynolds Company.
Eberhard Faber Pencil Company.
Ginn and Company.
Grout & Putnam.
Ivison & Phinney.
J.L. Hammett Co.
J.W. Schermerhorn & Co.
Joseph Dixon Crucible Company.
L. Prang & Co.
Little, Brown and Company.
McLoughlin Bros.
Milton Bradley & Co.
P.P. Caproni & Brother.
Prang Company.
Raphael Tuck & Sons.
Saalfield Pub. Co.
Transogram Company.
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
Weber Costello Company.
Winsor & Newton.
Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth AG.
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