Taylor & Adams

Taylor & Adams was an engraving firm in Boston, Massachusetts, in the mid-19th century, established by James L. Taylor and Thomas W. Adams.[1][2][3] The business operated from an office in Joy's Building on Washington Street in the 1850s and 1860s. Clients included the Boston Herald[4] and publishers Lee & Shepard.[5]

Advertisement for Taylor & Adams, "engraving on wood," Joy's Building, Washington St., Boston, 1852

References
  1. Boston Directory. 1850, 1851, 1861, 1864
  2. James L. Taylor continued as a wood engraver in Boston through at least 1873. Cf. Boston Directory, 1873
  3. New York Public Library. Retrieved 2010-06-04
  4. "Massachusetts Historical Society".
  5. Henry Morgan. Ned Nevins: the news boy, or, Street life in Boston. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1867.
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