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    [R. Mathison printing collection].

    • Title:[R. Mathison printing collection].
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    • Variant Title:Mathison printing collection
    • Author/Creator:Mathison, Robert.
    • Published/Created:1886-1890
    • Holdings

      • Location:Temporarily shelved at RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS oversizeWhere is this?
        R. Mathison Printing Collection 1-15  Shelved at RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS maps
      • Call Number: Z232 .M42 R52 1886
      • Number of Items:2
      • Status:Available
       
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Mathison, Robert.
      Printing--British Columbia--Vancouver--Specimens.
      Vancouver (B.C.)--History--Sources.
    • Description:54 items ; in box.
    • Summary:A collection of announcements, advertisements, menus, forms, business cards, and other ephemera, printed by Robert Mathison, Jr., The Job Printer.
    • Biography/history note:Robert Mathison, originally from Belleville, Ontario, arrived in Vancouver in 1886 at the age of 20. He was the first to set up specifically as a "job printer" in Vancouver, just after the fire that destroyed much of the fledgling city in June 1886. He operated as a job printer until 1890, at which point he sold the business to E.W. Evans and T.W.Hastings.
    • Indexes and finding aids:Online inventory available.
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