Press Building
| Title | Press Building |
| View | Interior, 1913 5 |
| Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
| Description | Composing room, fourth floor. Drop lights, with huge bunches of wire, twisted in knots, hang from the ceiling over each case. These were later replaced by safer lights. The photograph was a gift of Mrs. A. L. Staples, a mono keyboard operator who worked at the University of Chicago Press from 1908. |
| Alternate Name(s) | University Bookstore |
| Subject Terms | University presses | Interior views | Composing machines | Printing machinery and supplies |
| Photograph Date | 1913 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 23.0 x 17.8 cm |
| Architect | Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge |
| Completion Date | 1902 |
| Location | 970 E. 58th Street | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Campus Grid | A13 |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf2-05963 |
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