Title
A look into a printing house around the year 1900
Creator
Meulen, R. van der (auteur/author), Sijthoff, A.W. (uitgever/publisher)
Year
1905
Type
illustratie, illustration
Related term
boekdrukkerijen, snelpersen
Period
19e eeuw
Classification
D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst
Content
A printing house which was modern for those days (around 1900) with electrically driven cylinder presses. Only two people, mostly women, were needed to operate these. They worked for about 60 hours a week and were not paid very well. It was only in the 20th century that the Algemene Nederlandse Typografenbond (ANTB), which was established in 1866, was able to bring about an increase in wages in the printing trade in spite of the introduction of ever faster machines which put wages under pressure.
Original
Meulen, R. van der. - Boekhandel en bibliographie. Theorie en practijk geschets in een reeks aaneensluitende opstellen, 3e herz. en verm. druk, Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1905, p. 179.
available in
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 9191 G 1
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek