![]() ![]() One of our recent acquisitions is printed in the same promotional vein. Our broadsides range from a 16 th century woodcut advertisement from Paris, to a 1990 reprint of Delaware’s own Oliver Evans flour-mill plan. Our online catalog at Hagley posts over 900 entries for broadsides, aside from some 300 Trade Catalogs that also share the physical traits of this genre. Over time, other media such as newspapers, billboards, and even radio broadcasts surpassed the posters as means of publicity. Hot off the press, broadsides were promptly distributed, displayed, then discarded, and their ephemeral nature makes them relatively rare nowadays. The Dunlap broadside, for example, is a famous rendering of the Declaration of Independence issued immediately after the signing on July 4, 1776. After the printing press with moveable type made its way to America during the 17th century, broadsides became a popular means of delivering news in the colonies. Recent acquisitions in our department have inspired me to feature broadsides as a fascinating category of Published Collections. The typical broadside is a single sheet of paper printed with text on one side and posted for public viewing. ![]()
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