Inventor Name
Prang, Louis
Repository
Archives of American Art
Reference Services/ILL
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
Victor Building, Room 2200, MRC 937
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202- 275-2156
http://archivesofamericanart.si.edu/start.htm
Physical Description
0.6 linear ft.
Summary
Prang, of Breslau, Germany and Boston, MA, founded a lithographic business with Julius Meyer. Prang is considered the founder of the greeting card business in the United States. Prangs papers include documents, certificates, typescripts of speeches, catalogs, color separation book, photographs, and three patents issued for improvements in printing textiles, 1871 and 1880; and for improvement in envelopes for rolled prints.
