Medium sized rectangular wood printing block. Reddish-gray coloring, appears to show large church, but the image is so faded that it is impossible to see the details of the church. There are many scuff marks on the front of the block as well. The wooden backing of the block is very dirty. There is a large white mark of some sort on the back. It appears that there was some writing on the back of this block at some point, but it is now too faded to read.

Donated by John Damianos. The printing block was used in a linotype printing machine. Linotype presses allowed for the casting of entire lines to be printed at a time. Linotype printing was eventually succeeded by lithograph printing and computer typesetting during the 1960's and 1970's. This printing block was used by the Chicago-based, Greek Art Printing Company that was owned and operated by Aristotle Damianos. The Greek Art Printing Company was responsible for the printing of a wide range of materials, including wedding invitations, invoices, flyers, programs, letterhead, etc., for Greek businesses, organizations, institutions, and individuals in the Chicago area, and elsewhere.

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