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inked Over: Our Printed World 
(March 2010 - December 2011)

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Although paper and fabric were printed prior to the nineteenth century, advances in printing technology transformed our homes and businesses. A family could sit in a wall-papered parlor adorned with printed curtains with framed art prints hanging on the wall. They could wear clothing made of printed fabric and sip tea from transfer-printed ceramics. One family member could be reading the latest novel, another could be pasting colorful scraps into a book, and others could play an illustrated board game. In their public lives, churchgoers used their hymnals, businessmen used pre-printed forms, and shopkeepers advertised their goods on packaging labels. 

From broadsides to board games, from paisley shawls to political propaganda, from teapots to trade cards, the exhibition presents a cross-section of our collection with a few fabulous objects borrowed from collectors. Most things printed on paper were never meant to last, and therefore the ephemeral pieces are the rare survivors that help tell the stories of country people and events. The exhibition was installed to suggest the visual excitement of this new, printed world, with crowded surfaces and mixed media tableaux. 

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Inked Over: Our Printed World

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This publication accompanies Inked Over: Our Printed World, an exhibition at the Columbia County Historical Society. "Inked Over" refers to the profusion of printed materials that became omnipresent in nineteenth century American life. This catalog offers a selection of the exhibition highlights.

The Columbia County Historical Society, Kinderhook, N.Y., 2010

Softcover, 71 pages

All Photos  ©2011 CCHS, All Rights Reserved.  (photos by Michael Fredericks)
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CCHS serves residents of all eighteen towns and the City of Hudson. In addition to a research library and permanent collection of more than 15,000 objects, CCHS owns and maintains the Columbia County Historical Society Museum & Library and three additional historic properties: the National Historic Landmark Luykas Van Alen House (1737); James Vanderpoel ‘House of History’ (c.1820); and Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse (c.1850).
Columbia County Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) cultural education organization founded in 1916 and chartered by the NYS Department of Education Board of Regents to collect, preserve, interpret and present the history, heritage and culture of Columbia County, New York, for its residents and visitors. 
The Columbia County  Historical Society
is ​a private 501 (c )(3) nonprofit organization
Chartered by the  Board of Regents
State Education Department, The University of the State of New York

Copyright © 2022,  Columbia County Historical Society
PO Box 311, Five Albany Avenue,  Kinderhook, New York  12106
​ 518 758 9265   |  ops @ cchsny.org
The Columbia County Historical Society is supported in part by the County of Columbia, New York
with the support of Matt Murell, Chairman of the Board at the Columbia County Board of Supervisors.
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