Benjamin Henry Day Jr. on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Benjamin Henry Day Jr. (March 7, 1838Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge.
The history of the descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass
', p. 974 (1874) – August 30, 1916) was an illustrator and printer, best known for his invention of
New York State Historical Society, Vol XVI (1917), p.283(31 August 1916)
'' The New York Times'' Day was the son of
The
p. 388 (1885) They had two sons, Benjamin H. (April 11, 1860 – October 17, 1905) and Charles Shepherd (1866 – January 26, 1900).History of Union County, New Jersey: 1664-1923, Volume 2
p. 686 (1923) In 1878, Day was remarried to Rebecca Augusta Avery (June 27, 1844 – January 10, 1926), with whom he had two daughters (Florence and Helen).(12 January 1926)
'' The New York Times'' In 1908, he moved to
Deaths
''Bulletin of Photography'', p. 338 He died at his home in Summit on August 30, 1916, at the age of 78.
Benjamin Henry Day Jr. (March 7, 1838Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge. The history of the descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass
', p. 974 (1874) – August 30, 1916) was an illustrator and printer, best known for his invention of
Ben-Day dots
The Ben Day process is a printing and photoengraving technique for producing areas of grey or (with four-colour printing) various colours by using fine patterns of ink on the paper. It was developed in 1879 by illustrator and printer Benjamin H ...
.NecrologyNew York State Historical Society, Vol XVI (1917), p.283(31 August 1916)
'' The New York Times'' Day was the son of
Benjamin Henry Day
Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right")blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thirt ...
, an American newspaper publisher best known for founding the ''New York Sun
''The New York Sun'' is an American online newspaper published in Manhattan; from 2002 to 2008 it was a daily newspaper distributed in New York City. It debuted on April 16, 2002, adopting the name, motto, and masthead of the earlier New York ...
'', the first penny press
Penny press newspapers were cheap, tabloid-style newspapers mass-produced in the United States from the 1830s onwards. Mass production of inexpensive newspapers became possible following the shift from hand-crafted to steam-powered printing. F ...
newspaper in the United States, in 1833. He was born in New York City, studied in Paris, and after returning to the United States worked for ''Leslie's'', ''Harper's Weekly
''Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization'' was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor, ...
'' and similar publications. He also contributed to the humorous weekly magazine '' Vanity Fair''.
The Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...
book ''A Tramp Abroad
''A Tramp Abroad'' is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created f ...
'' contains more than 20 pictures by Day.
He married Maria Theresa Miller around 1859, who died in 1875.Records of the descendants of Nathaniel Elyp. 388 (1885) They had two sons, Benjamin H. (April 11, 1860 – October 17, 1905) and Charles Shepherd (1866 – January 26, 1900).History of Union County, New Jersey: 1664-1923, Volume 2
p. 686 (1923) In 1878, Day was remarried to Rebecca Augusta Avery (June 27, 1844 – January 10, 1926), with whom he had two daughters (Florence and Helen).(12 January 1926)
'' The New York Times'' In 1908, he moved to
Summit, New Jersey
Summit is a city in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The city is located on a ridge in northern- central New Jersey, within the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions in the New York metropolitan area. At the 2010 United Stat ...
and built a large studio.(20 September 1916)Deaths
''Bulletin of Photography'', p. 338 He died at his home in Summit on August 30, 1916, at the age of 78.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Day, Benjamin Henry Jr. 1838 births 1916 deaths American illustrators American printers Artists from New York City People from Summit, New Jersey 19th-century American businesspeople