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J.K. Wright Printing Ink Company, located in center- city Philadelphia, was
originally incorporated in 1902 in Camden, New Jersey. Its purpose was “to manufacture
printers and lithographers inks, varnishes, plate oils, pigments, paints and oils, and kindred
products and to buy, sell, trade, deal in and with the same.” The J.K. Wright Printing Ink
Company Records, spanning the dates 1852-1923, consists of .5 linear feet of prints,
letterhead, minutes, ledger, and magazines. This small collection documents an ink business at
the beginning of the twentieth century in Philadelphia. The majority of the records consists
of minutes from the company’s first three years and a ledger with formulas to make
inks.
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