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I Print to Please, D. B. Landis, Pluck Art Printery, Lancaster, Pa., 1890s

I Print to Please, D. B. Landis, Pluck Art Printery, Lancaster, Pa., 1890s
"I Print to Please. Pluck Art Printery, D. B. Landis, 257 N. Queen St."

Detail from Pluck Art Printery Receipt, Lancaster, Pa., 1890s (see thumbnail image below).

Pluck Art Printery, also known at different times throughout its existence as Pluck Print, Pluck Electric Print, and Landis Art Press, was a letterpress print shop run by David Bachman Landis (1862-1940) in Lancaster, Pa.

On this 1890s receipt, Landis highlighted his slogan, "I Print to Please," with an illustration of a composing stick and mallet, two essential tools for setting type by hand.

Pluck Art Printery Receipt, Lancaster, Pa., 1890s

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