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Title: King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: King, Moses, 1853-1909 Clogston, William
Subjects: Springfield (Mass.) -- Description and travel Springfield (Mass.) -- Bibliography
Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : J.D. Gill, Publisher
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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he number and variety rolled off at this establish-ment. One house, in its several successions, as G. & F. Bill, Bill, Nichols,& Co., and Charles A. Nichols & Co., has had all of its books made hereduring the past twenty years; and the demands of this house alone havebeen at times a thousand books a day for every day during many successiveweeks. The Clark W. Bryan, or the Springfield, or the patent tear-off calendars, as they are variously called, have also been a source of greatrevenue. They are the popular tear-off calendars used in enormous quan-tities for advertising purposes by insurance-companies, manufacturers, mer-chants, and other concerns. Single orders have amounted to $5,000, andsome customers have sent in their orders every year ever since the calen-dars were introduced. The Springfield Directory and kindred works arealso published by this company. In the bindery may be seen at all timesstacks of the current periodicals being put through the processes of plain
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THE SPRINGFIELD PRINTING-COMPANY.Main and Woithington Streets. 342 KINGS HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. and elaborate cloth and leather binding, and thousands of books being putinto covers for various publishers. At one time, when the album businesswas in its glory, this concern was one of the most extensive manufacturers.As much as $300,000 worth was sold in a single year; and a single com-pany has bought as high as $90,000 worth of these albums in one year.Enough has now been said to show that the Springfield Printing-Companyhas age, experience, facilities, and reputation that have been acquired inbuilding up this great industry, which has been an important factor in thegrowth&of the city. The company has the following officers: Charles A.Nichols, president; Avery J. Smith, treasurer; George H. Noyes, foremanof the book and job printing office; and Henry E. Ducker, superintendent. G. & C. Merriam & Co. is the name on a modest little sign on StateStreet, that is pointed to with

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