Medium sized rectangular wood printing block. Wood base with one etched metal side. This block would be used for printing. The etching contains a few paragraphs of writing which are mostly in Greek. There is one visible English phrase, which is, "Greek Art Printing Company". This same company is the one that made this block. This particular block was probably used for advertising purposes. There is white tape stuck to the back of the block, which has become dirty and faded. The rest of the block is also very dirty.

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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