Object ID
2008.37.200
Object Name
Block, Linoleum
Material
Metal; Wood
Object Entities
Damianos, John (is related to)
Damianos, Aristotle (is related to)
Object Description
Rectangular wooden and lead printing block with print cast on it as follows, from top to bottom:
Line 1: "DAMIANOS"
Line 2: "PRINTERS LITHOGRAPHERS"
line 3: "810 W.JACKSON BLVD. CHICAGO 7, ILL. CE6-5283"
Line 4: "LINOTYPE COMPOSITION NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES MENUS"

At the very right of he black, above line 4, is the print cast of a long ship with 15 oars, an eye at the side, masts with spaces left blank where a sail would be, and 4 people on board; two twards the bow, two towards the stern. One is pulling up an anchor.
On the back the word "black" is written twice. Once in red pen ink in cursive, horizontally from left ro right and just to the left sid eof the black. Then it's written again just to the right side of the block in black pen ink in capital letter, going diaginally. one a long, narrow side of the block, "black" is written again at the center of the piece, in capital letters, most likely with pencil.
Origin
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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Citation
Block, Linoleum, Greek Art Printing Company Artifact Collection, National Hellenic Museum, https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/Detail/objects/10302. Accessed 03/28/24.