Virtually on Christmas Eve, 2008, yet another commercial engraving house bites the dust.

Sad for nostalgic reasons but (in reality) much better dead than in the red. Although I have personally worked with these folks for more than thirty years (yes, 30) and with them made exquisite specimens of engraved types, what they did—how they conducted business—is a crime and shame. No wonder manufacturing in this country is in such deep and ugly trouble.

Business can be a sorry business, read it here:

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/12/new_havens_lehm.php

and here.

http://newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/01/displaced_worke.php