IMAGE
Presants, Philip Robert, 1867-1942 :Photographs of the printing section of The Press, Christchurch
- Date
- [Between 1899 and 1909]
- By
- Presants, Philip Robert, 1867-1942; Heyes, Julian, active 2006
- Reference
- PAColl-8763
- Description
Photographs of the printing section of The Press, Christchurch, taken between 1899 and 1909, probably by a staff photographer of The Press. The photographs depict staff working the printing machinery and drawing advertisements.
Source of title - Title supplied by Library
Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Provenance: Donated by Mr Julian Heyes, Levin, in 2006.
Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Eph-B-STATIONERY-1890s-01 and Eph-B-STATIONERY-1900s-01.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 4 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Gelatin silver prints, Group portraits, Silver gelatin prints, Orientation: Horizontal image
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UnknownPrinting section of The Press newspaper
Date: [Between 1899 and 1909]
From: Presants, Philip Robert, 1867-1942 :Photographs of the printing section of The Press, Christchurch
Reference: PAColl-8763-1
Description: Three men and a boy working in the printing section of The Weekly Press, Christchurch, taken between 1899 and 1909, probably by a staff photographer of The Press. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Printing section of The Press newspaper
Date: [Between 1899 and 1909]
From: Presants, Philip Robert, 1867-1942 :Photographs of the printing section of The Press, Christchurch
Reference: PAColl-8763-2
Description: Two men working on a printing press in the printing section of The Weekly Press, Christchurch, taken between 1899 and 1909, probably by a staff photographer of The Press. Other men are working in the background Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Two men working on lithographs for The Press newspaper
Date: [Between 1899 and 1909]
From: Presants, Philip Robert, 1867-1942 :Photographs of the printing section of The Press, Christchurch
Reference: PAColl-8763-3
Description: Two men designing or creating lithographs for The Weekly Press, Christchurch, taken between 1899 and 1909, probably by a staff photographer of The Press. Examples of their work can be seen behind and around them. The man on the right is Philip Robert Presants. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Man creating a lithograph for The Press newspaper
Date: [Between 1899 and 1909]
From: Presants, Philip Robert, 1867-1942 :Photographs of the printing section of The Press, Christchurch
Reference: PAColl-8763-4
Description: Young man painting at a desk in the process of creating a chromolithograph for The Weekly Press, Christchurch, taken between 1899 and 1909, probably by a staff photographer of The Press. A stone slab is in the process of being etched in the foreground and advertisements and Weekly Press covers are hung around the room. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).