The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) releases a new photo history of the agency. Picturing the Big Shop is a collection of 200 photos, including many that have never before been published, comprising the historical record of everyday life at GPO from 1900 to 1980. This GPO “family album” provides, in black and white and sepia, a revealing look at the equipment, the buildings, and the working lives of the men and women of GPO over the years who helped carry out the agency’s mission of Keeping America Informed.
Keeping America Informed: The U.S. Government Publishing Office, A Legacy of Service to the Nation, 1861-2016 can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/021-000-00217-8
Anyone interested in the history of government publishing, early publishing and the history of publishing--as well as a Washington, D.C. landmark--would be interested in this publication.
Rated 4 out of 5 stars on GoodReads.com!
Gabby rated it 5 out of 5 stars and said: “Quite a fascinating collection of photographs of the GPO.”
Bill Sleeman rated it 3 out of 5 stars and said: “An engaging and informative history of GPO. George Barnum and colleagues have done an excellent job mining the archives of GPO to assemble the story of printing and publishing for the government. Should be required reading for document librarians everywhere!”
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34525532-picturing-the-big-shop#other...
Product Details
- Photos of the U.S. Government Publishing Office
- Printing, Public, United States, History, Pictorial works
- Bookbinding, United States, History, Pictorial works
- United States, Government Printing Office, History, Pictorial works
- United States, Government Publishing Office, History, Pictorial works
