SCENERY OF YELLOWSTONE PARK. COMPLIMENTS OF M. H. ANDREWS, LEADING MUSIC DEALER 98 MAIN STREET, BANGOR, ME. Bangor, Me. M. H. Andrews, n.d. [1901-1905]. Single sheet, 17 x 98.4 cm, printed on one side only, with twelve postcard-sized panels folded accordion-style into a 17x9.4 cm paper folder. An album of 13 lithographed views that, regardless of the title, includes pictures of "The Mother of the Forest" in the Calaveras Grove of Big Trees and Vernal Falls in Yosemite National Park, as well as scenes in other regions of the western United States. Imprint on front panel of the folder: "Printed in Germany for the Tuscarora Advertising Co. Coshocton, O." Imprint on rear panel of the folder: "THE MEEK AND BEACH CO., COSHOCTON, O." One of the many "small souvenir albums full of lithographed illustrations manufactured in Germany by what became known as the Glaser/Frey lithographic process. The illustrations were done from photographs, with the lithographers making some alterations by adding or deleting details ... Louis Glaser of Leipzig and Charles Frey of Frankfurt am Main used a multi-stone lithographic process to achieve a monochromatic effect that seems to have been rare if not unknown among American lithographers. Using five or more stones, they laid down a series of separate shades ranging from white to light sepia-gray to the darkest sepia-gray or black. The finished lithograph has a varnished look that creates greater illusion of depth than a simple lithograph or toned lithograph" (Ron Tyler). The Meek Company, established by J. F. Meek in 1887, merged with a local competitor, the Standard Advertising Company, established by Henry Daniel Beach in 1888, to form the Tuscarora Advertising Company in 1901. The merger was dissolved in 1905 and the Beach Company and the Meek Company continued as separate businesses. Both companies manufactured promotional items --- from smaller pieces, like cloth aprons, wooden yardsticks and paint paddles, to full color lithographed metal trays and signs --- to promote company brands and products. Light stain to lower edge of paper folder with some offset on verso of last panel, images not affected; short closed split along lower spine fold; images are fine. (#165991).
Price: $150.00
No statement of printing.