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MEASUREMENTS: Approximately 17.5 inches wide x 22.5 inches tall, measured with a tape measure (see photos). Hand-marked \"9-26-56\" on the edge.
CONDITION: Heavy vintage/pressroom wear — please review photos carefully. A section is torn away at the top corner, there is a vertical slit/tear in the middle of the page, several small mounting holes, ink staining including a large black ink stain on one corner, edge wear, and some waviness/creasing. The raised relief text on the remaining surface is intact and readable. Sold strictly as-is; priced for condition.
DESCRIPTION: Original 1956 newspaper stereotype printing mat used to print the BUSINESS AND FINANCE page of The Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Kansas, for Wednesday, September 26, 1956. Text and images are reversed, as produced for the printing press.
This page is a time capsule of 1956 markets and Kansas agriculture, including:
- \"New York Stock Exchange\" — Dow Jones Averages (Industrials 479.44, down 1.64), volume 1,590,000 shares
- \"Stocks Are Lower For Third Session\" by Joseph Oppenheimer, INS financial writer — the September market decline continued with widespread losses of one to four dollars a share
- \"SHORTS SET STOCK RECORD\" — record short interest of 2,476,625 shares; American Telephone the most-shorted stock at 117,775 shares
- \"1929-Style Crash Seen As Unlikely\" — economist W. Axe says another 1929 collapse is \"as remote as a recurrence of the Black Death\"
- \"Your Money\'s Worth — Car Dealers Happy\" by Sylvia Porter — dealers thrilled about the incoming 1957 models, with price increases up to $200 a car reflecting the steel price hike
- \"U.S. TREASURY BALANCE\" — Washington, Sept. 26: cash receipts $14.6 billion, total national debt $274.5 billion
- \"Wednesday 4th Hour\" and \"American Exchange\" full stock tables by Harris, Upham & Co.: Metals, Mining, Motors, Motor Accessories, Rubbers, Steels, Stores, Rails, Aircraft (including Beech, Boeing, and Cessna), Amusements, Building, Chemicals, Drugs, Investment Trusts, Over-the-Counter
- \"Wheat Acreage Reserve Program Undergoes Change\" — 1957 soil-bank program, Oct. 5 deadline
- \"KANSAS CRUDE GAIN LARGEST\" — Kansas led the nation in crude production gains
- \"Kansas Petroleum — NEW OIL, GAS FIELDS NAMED\" by Ted Brooks — 18 new oil fields, 9 new gas fields named in Kansas
- \"STANDARD OIL ELECTION HELD\" — Chicago, Sept. 26: Standard Oil Co. of Indiana elected John E. Swearingen and Robert C. Guinness executive vice-presidents
- \"HUMBURG HEADS OIL GAS GROUPS\" — Kansas Liquid Petroleum Gas Association elected Glen Humburg of La Crosse president
- \"Grain and Beans Are Lower Early,\" \"Cattle Prices Holding Steady\" (Wichita Union Stockyards), grain futures, livestock tables, and New York cotton futures
Ideal for collectors of financial history, Kansas oil and agriculture memorabilia, aviation history (Beech/Cessna/Boeing listings), or 1950s print shop collectibles.
