About This Item


  • Call NumberCHUR_0358
  • TitleInk for an endless stream
  • SummaryMan standing in front of, and working on, large machine; many round and oval metal cans in right foreground. Caption: "Ink for an endless stream--For millions of books and pamphlets printed at [117] Adams St. plant, Lyman Swingle makes own ink. Plant also makes own electricity and paste."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Jul[y] 19, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGalfas Studios
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWatchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York ; Jehovah's Witnesses ; Printing ink industry
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Churches: Jehovah's Witnesses: Watchtower Bible & Tract Society: Printing Press