Streamer No. 2

8 Line

Box 089

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase

  • This type measures 8 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Page & Co., Greenville, Ct. which was used by Page and Basset between 1857–1859.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1878 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • Streamer No 2 was not shown in American Wood Type, but was shown in the folio on page 65.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Page Streamer No 2 [355]

This is the Page cut.

The manufacturing stamp found on this type was used predominately between 1857–1859, though there are several unexplained instances where it is used on type first introduced after 1870, as this example illustrates.

This is the streamer variation of Egyptian Ornamented.

simple specimen of Streamer No. 2 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

  • A
    2
  • B
    2
  • C
    1
  • D
    1
  • E
    3
  • F
    2
  • G
    1
  • H
    1
  • I
    4
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    4
  • M
    2
  • N
    2
  • O
    2
  • P
    1
  • Q
    1
  • R
    2
  • S
    3
  • T
    2
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    1
  • a
    -
  • b
    -
  • c
    -
  • d
    -
  • e
    -
  • f
    -
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    -
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  • s
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  • t
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  • u
    -
  • v
    -
  • w
    -
  • x
    -
  • y
    -
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    -
  • 0
    -
  • 1
    -
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  • 6
    -
  • 7
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  • 8
    -
  • 9
    -
  • &
    1
  • $
    -
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    3
  • Close Apos
    2
  • Period
    3
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    2
  • Semi-Colon
    -
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Streamer No. 2 type

Specimens of Wood Type Manufactured by The Wm. H. Page Wood Type Co., Norwich, Conn. (1878); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.