{"product_id":"yale-letterpress-blocks","title":"Yale Letterpress Blocks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eYale\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eLetterpess \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlocks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Pictorial History \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eof Yale and Her Sons \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003ec.1975\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwenty-odd original zinc photo-engraving letterpress blocks produced in Connecticut 1970-1979 by David Evan Jones. The plates detail the colonial history of Yale's founding: the Hartford site\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edispute, the Old Saybrook Book War, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElihu Yale's transformative gift, even the first students arriving in\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKillingworth. The project was almost certainly intended to compliment, or as a response to, Rueben Holden's 1967 Yale: A Pictorial History. No published edition has been located. These plates are believed to be the only surviving archive of a lost Connecticut work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJones served as Art Director at Xerox Educational Publications in Middletown, CT and a long time Ancient Mariner and member of the Deep River Fife and Drum Corps. He \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas internationally recognized for his colonial military illustration work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Wayfinder Society","offers":[{"title":"Old Saybrook Book War (Part I)","offer_id":50318947320045,"sku":null,"price":138.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Goodbye Collegiate School Hello Yale","offer_id":50318947352813,"sku":null,"price":278.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/4339\/1725\/files\/E280680B-DDE5-4A2E-BE19-883CEC8DDA25.jpg?v=1784747342","url":"https:\/\/www.thewayfindersociety.com\/products\/yale-letterpress-blocks","provider":"The Wayfinder Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}