Barnhart Brothers & Spindler

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1. Overview

Chicago. 1873-1911/1929. Founded as the Great Western Type Foundry. Bought by ATF in 1911, but operated until 1929.

2. Specimen Books

[click image to read at The Internet Archive]
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1907. Book of Type Specimens.

Book of Type Specimens. ["Specimen Book No. 9"] (Chicago: Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, 1907.)

A digital version of this book, including the original page scans, is available at The Internet Archive; the link at left goes there. Here is a local copy of the PDF version and the (nicer) DjVu version.

3. Type-Makers Employed

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4. Typefaces

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