![]() ![]() The primary museum collection replicates a typical Indiana Drugstore interior of the late 19th Century. The Hook Drug Company, then owner of one of the largest Midwest drugstore chains in the Midwest (Hook’s Drugstores) sponsored the formation of the museum as part of the Indiana Sesquicentennial celebration of Statehood, celebrating the history of pharmacy and medicine. Today, the Museum is one of the oldest, best attended venues of its type in the US, having welcomed well over 3 million visitors since opening. In terms of history, the Hook’s Historic Drugstore and Soda Fountain was opened in 1966, on the grounds of the Indiana State Fairgrounds. ![]() I've done so with several examples and the results are always magnificent. Currently, a simple digital scan of these early proof images can be flopped and reprinted in its proper "positive" form. Because these "proofs" were intended for the eyes of the pressman and printing staff only, very few of them survive. Higher quality "proofs," papers and inks were employed as a final check. After checking this initial proof, it would next be printed in its final, "positive" form. Indeed, many artists, particularly portrait painters, frequently check their artwork in a mirror for these insights. Interestingly, to a trained artist's eye, a mirror image exaggerates any imperfections of proportion, design and color of the artwork generated. Being created in this manner requires therefore that its first proof manifestation is a reverse image of the original. However, I will attempt an answer: Firstly, when creating any original artwork for production, it must be done so in a "positive" form. I don't necessarily have a definitive technical answer and that information is sadly lacking on my part. A: I've oft wondered why early stone lithographic printer's proofs are reversed. ![]()
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