Proof, Printing

Making Paper Bags, 5th Floor

Proof of a lithograph from the Calvert Lithographing Company captioned in the upper right corner, "Making paper bags, 5th floor," showing women working at rows of large desks beside bins at D.M. Ferry and Company. Both the desks and bins are piled with seed packets, which were printed by Calvert for D.M. Ferry. Two scale lines, marked AA and BB are printed below the image. "Eng. Lin[?]. N.B. Please Keep Drawing Clean. Reduces A.A. to B.B. One Photo Engraving. J.B.T." is handwritten in the lower right corner.