LEADER 00000cz 2200241n 4500 001 nr2002021212 003 DLC 005 20160414075413.0 008 020605n| azannaabn |a ana c 010 nr2002021212 035 (OCoLC)oca05789271 040 CSmH|beng|erda|cCSmH|dDLC|dPSt|dMvI 046 |s1894 110 2 Norwood Press 370 |eNorwood (Mass.)|2naf 410 2 Norwood Press Co. 510 2 |wr|iFounding corporate body:|aJ.S. Cushing & Co. 510 2 |wr|iFounding corporate body:|aBerwick & Smith 510 2 E. Fleming & Co. 510 2 C.B. Fleming & Co. 670 Johnson, D. Old-time schools and school-books, 1904:|bt.p. verso (Norwood Press) 670 Specimen book of the Norwood Press, 1916:|bimprint on t.p. (Norwood Press, Norwood, MA) 670 NUCMC data from Norwood Historical Society for Norwood Press records, 1893-1980s and undated|b(Norwood Press; variant: Norwood Press Co.; formed in 1894 by two companies coming together in Norwood, Mass., to form a company that covered all aspects of the bookmaking process : J.S. Cushing & Co., which handled composition and typesetting and Berwick & Smith Co., the pressroom. In 1897 the bindery E. Fleming & Co. (later known as C.B. Fleming & Co.) joined the Norwood Press to complete the process. The three companies remained independent, each owning a one/third interest in the Norwood Press Co., which existed as a real estate holding company that held no authority over the production depts. of the three companies. Norwood Press flourished, employing about 700 people by 1898. After WWII, production declined and by 1953 all the companies involved had closed)