“The Late Eugene Ketterlinus,” in Joseph Jackson, Some Notes Toward a History of Lithography in Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1900). Courtesy of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

 

“The Late Eugene Ketterlinus,” in Joseph Jackson, Some Notes Toward a History of Lithography in Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1900).  Courtesy of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

 

Eugene Ketterlinus (1824-1886) established his printing house in 1842. One of the first American establishments to introduce colored and embossed work in the lithographic production of labels, the firm became nationally known for this genre and received a Franklin Institute premium award of excellence in 1858. By 1871 Ketterlinus’s printing establishment was estimated to be worth about $250,000. Active until around 1974, it became one of the longest continually operated lithographic firms in Philadelphia.

 

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