Images(3)

Plate, Printing

Object number2017.97.5

Date2014

MediumMetal

Credit LineGIft of the Graphic Communications Conference-International Brotherhood of Teamster's Local 24M

DescriptionFlat, rectangular metal newspaper printing sheet for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Front is gray with blue printed text, photographic images, and details. Front has, from top to bottom, printing information, content highlights, newspaper name, edition and date information, news articles, list of contents, barcode, and event advertisement. Reverse is shiny iridescent silver metal and is undecorated.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 22.188 x 10.938 x 0.031 in. (56.4 x 27.8 x 0.1 cm)
InscriptionsFront has blue printed text including, roughly from top to bottom:
"PG 09-08-2014 A-1 03 K 08:32:06 / ... / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / ONE OF AMERICA'S GREAT NEWSPAPERS / $1.00 228 YEARS OF SERVICE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 VOL. 88, NO. 39, 9/8/14 FINAL / Obama to address nation, / outline his Mideast strategy / SWEET VICTORY / The Steelers... / TO OUR READERS / Poor Health / A SPECIAL REPORT / Follow-up / program / improves care / City plans to preen at major bicycle conference / In Britain, / puzzling over / Scotland's bid / for autonomy / Debate over tax inversions is expected to heat up / ... / [barcode] / 6 08136 26301 8 / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / ENERGY FORUM / ... / September 23 / IS ENERGY THE NEW STEEL? / ..."
Historical NotesPrinting sheet with flat surface. Part of a collection from Local 24 of the Graphic Communications Conference-International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The national union descends from the National Typographical Union which formed in 1852 and became the International Typographic Union in 1869. The union splintered in the late 1890s/early 1900s into several unions representing pressmen, bookbinders, stereotypers/electrotypers, lithographers, and platemakers, before slowly merging back together over the years. In 1983, the Graphic Communications International Union formed from the merging of the Int. Printing and Graphics Communication Union and the Graphic Arts International Union. Finally in 2005, the GCC union merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to create the present-day organization. Local 24 started in the early 1900s as a group of Lithographers in the Pittsburgh area. In 2016, they downsized their offices and moved from Uptown to Three Mile Run, and in the process, donated their records and this collection of artifacts. Most of the material donated was made by the union such as buttons, posters, stickers, flat product sheets, and two printing sheets that show the change in printing technology from raised letters to flat sheets.

Related institution Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (founded 1927)

Related person Barack Hussein Obama

Related institution Pittsburgh Steelers

Related person John Robinson Block

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