Accession No. RARE.2024.0018: Purchase, 2021 November.
[identification of item], Imprimerie G. Rouchet Lithography Shop (Paris, France) Photograph Album, SPEC.RARE.MMS.0386, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Casey Blackmore, 2024 March; Finding aid written by: Casey Blackmore, 2024 March.
The lithography shop of G. Rouchet was located at 97 rue Vieille du Temple in Paris, France as of approximately 1900, though may have been in operation prior to that date. They were known for specializing in label printing and continued to operate until the late 20th century. The shop printed labels and other items in a variety of areas, both artistic and commerical. These areas included tailor shops, fruit and grocery markets, and ink makers.
Lithography is type of printing process invented in Germany circa 1796. The process involves printing using wax onto a smoothed down stone or metal plate that has been etched with an image or letters. The image is then created on a piece of paper or other type of material when the wax is pressed against the stone. Lithography made it easier to print across a wider area and made color printing easier.
The Imprimerie G. Rouchet Lithography Shop (Paris, France) Photograph Album contains eighteen original photographs documenting the Paris, France lithography shop of G. Rouchet, a label maker. The photograph album is dated circa 1900-1910. The photographs feature the architecture of the shop and the day to day operations of the shop where printing was done by lithographic stone presses. Work at the shop was conducted by men, women, and children. Also included in the album are photographs of shop workers polishing the stones used for the lithograpic presses, grading and sorting of papers, and workers setting type by hand. Other images in the album include workers using the lithographic press and the rotary presses in the shop.