Event Archive: Past Programs 2020
Saturday, January 11, 2020 | 7 pm
Making Books on Main Street:
Publishers, Printers, Bookbinders and Booksellers in Northampton
A Presentation by Barbara B. Blumenthal
Publishers, Printers, Bookbinders and Booksellers in Northampton
A Presentation by Barbara B. Blumenthal
The Hampshire Bookshop operated in Northampton from 1916 to 1971 on Main Street near Crafts Avenue.
Image Courtesy of Smith College Special Collections |
Historic Northampton trustee Barbara B. Blumenthal will tell the story of publishers, printers and binders in Northampton from the 18th century to the present. She will concentrate on 18th-19th century bookseller Simeon Butler and his successors; The Hampshire Bookshop (in Northampton 1916-1971); and the ongoing legacy of book arts in the Connecticut River Valley.
Sponsored by Goggins Real Estate
Location
The Northampton Community Arts Trust Building 33 Hawley Street, Northampton, Massachusetts Admission $5 members and donors | $10 all others |