Will Bradley, His Chap Book

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Will Bradley. Will Bradley, His Chap Book

Will Bradley, His Chap Book

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AN INTRODUCTION

THE BOY PRINTER OF. ISHPEMING

FIRST SOJOURN IN. CHICAGO

SECOND SOJOURN IN. CHICAGO

THE GAY NINETIES

SPRINGFIELD: THE WAYSIDE PRESS

INTERLUDE IN NEW YORK

NEW FIELDS

THE MAGAZINE WORLD —AN INTERPOLATION

THE MAGAZINE WORLD— COLLIER’S AND OTHERS

ENTER MR. HEARST

TOWARDS A NEW STYLE

TODAY IN 1954

A CHRONOLOGY

AN AFTERWORD

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Will Bradley

An account, in the words of the dean of American typographers, of his graphic arts adventures

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At this early date the print shop is above a saloon and in one corner of a big barn of a room that had been a lodge hall. In winter it is heated (?) with one stove. You go to work at seven and quit at six. The outside temperature is below zero. You and your devil forage in the snowdrifts of the alley back of the building and “borrow” packing boxes to get kindling for the stove and boiler.

The Peninsula Record, across the street, is a four-page tabloid. It is printed one page at a time on a large Gordon. The owner and editor is John D. West. He offers you eight dollars a week. You are not that important to Mr. Newett—and the extra two dollars will enable you to begin saving after paying board and buying your clothes.

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