Albertype Company
Albertype Company (1890 – 1952) was a Brooklyn, New York, based printer of postcards and views. It was founded by Adolph (1845 - 1938) and Herman L. Wittemann on the premise they could leverage a technological innovation in collotype process, the Albertype. Named after its Austrian inventor, Josef Albert (1825 - 1886), the technique is similar to collotype, but substitutes gel plates for lithographic stones, making the process considerably faster and cheaper. Amassing photographic negatives of towns and cities across the United States, the Albertype Company produced over 25,000 collotypes before its closure in 1952.
Colonial history and rugged New England beauty.
Ipswich, Mass. Incorporated 1634.
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A striking 1893 bird's-eye view map of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The view captures Ipswich during its transition from a maritime center to an industrial hub focused on shoemaking and textiles. Other parts of Ipswich, such as Crane Beach and Castle Hill, illustrated here on the horizon, were beginning to emerge as elite enclaves for summer visitors. Ipswich remains a well-preserved historical town to this day, with many of the buildings illustrated here still standing. (more details)