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This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.
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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


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek