Calendar for 1879, published by Louis Brown and Company, 1879

A metal calendar of the year 1879.

Autoplate. Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler. Cat. No. 467.

This calendar is an early example of photoengraving in the United States. In 1878, around when this calendar was published, the American Institute awarded Louis Brown and Company, the Philadelphia firm that produced it, a medal for their “autoplates.”