Rectangular wood and lead printing block. The printing surface has nails around the edge: three at shorter sides, two on the longer sides. on the metal is the printed image of a warrior figure at profile in a stance withone foot forward and knees slightly bent. on the figure's closest forearm is a shield with 4 circular marks as part of the shield design, in the opposite hand is a pole arm. it is wearing grieves, a cuirass and skirt and a helm with plume. The opposite side of the block has reminants of glue stuck to it.

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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