List Of
Plate
Finishers
The links
below are to charts showing which plate finisher’s initials appear on the
Washington Franklin flat press printings (excluding coils).
The table below lists each plate finisher with the first
plate worked on as a plate finisher and the final plate worked on as a plate
finisher (several also worked as a siderographer). The list includes
all plates worked on from 1908 through 1928.
The first plate finisher to initial a plate was John Reding
(JR) on plate #4959, followed by Jake S Seitz (JSS) on plate #4961. The plates were
certified on
The last plate finishers to inscribe their initials on a
plate were James Mark Butler (JMB) and George T Tyser (GTT) on plate
#19646. This
final plate was certified on
|
Initials |
Plate Finisher |
1st Plate |
Final Plate |
|
SPA |
5062 |
16465 | |
|
WRB |
Unknown |
14405 |
15285 |
|
WTB |
Unknown |
14389 |
14778 |
|
AAB |
Aloysius A Baldus |
5386 |
18237 |
|
HSB |
Herman S Batch |
5190 |
5233 |
|
WFB |
William F Blue |
16315 |
16315 |
|
FBB |
Frank Brahler |
13769 |
18026 |
|
WRB |
William R Brown |
5072 |
5772 |
|
CCB |
Charles C Brumm |
5277 |
5466 |
|
FB |
8231 |
19144 | |
|
JMB |
5300 |
19646 | |
|
JWB |
Joseph W Butler |
5038 |
18058 |
|
|
5506 |
18085 | |
|
ALC |
5061 |
14711 | |
|
JAC |
5170 |
19568 | |
|
HMC |
Harold M Clarvoe |
5510 |
6097 |
|
FNC |
13757 |
18218 | |
|
IBC |
Irving B Cohen |
8133 |
8881 |
|
WMD |
Unknown |
8302 |
8302 |
|
RD |
5541 |
10249 | |
|
Initials |
Plate Finisher |
1st Plate |
Final Plate |
|
GHD |
5455 |
18927 | |
|
CDeB |
5104 |
14814 | |
|
ED |
13869 |
16596 | |
|
EME |
Edwin M Earle |
6109 |
17112 |
|
AEF |
Albert E Fischer |
8494 |
8504 |
|
JF |
John B Fischer |
13770 |
14808 |
|
JF |
Joseph Forrester |
13770 |
14808 |
|
WEF |
William E Franke |
5550 |
5550 |
|
CSG |
Charles S Gay |
5734 |
8396 |
|
JWG |
5409 |
19554 | |
|
LSG |
Leroy S Goldsworthy |
13665 |
13655 |
|
EDG |
|
6712 |
7163 |
|
FAG |
Frank A Green |
13799 |
19401 |
|
JMH |
John M Hackley |
13850 |
19560 |
|
PEH |
Phillip E Hardie |
9471 |
9471 |
|
JFH |
8913 |
9439 | |
|
EH |
5616 |
10462 | |
|
EHH |
5776 |
6524 | |
|
CMH |
5090 |
14752 | |
|
GLH |
George L Huber |
16155 |
16155 |
|
Initials |
Plate Finisher |
1st Plate |
Final Plate |
|
GEJ |
4973 |
7539 | |
|
WJ |
Walter Jahnke |
14021 |
14021 |
|
TBJ |
Thomas B Jones, Sr. |
8301 |
19085 |
|
HK |
Unknown |
18096 |
18096 |
|
JWK |
Unknown |
5454 |
5454 |
|
WRK |
William R Kern |
13838 |
13838 |
|
JHK |
5407 |
19001 | |
|
ABK |
Andrew B Kennedy |
15516 |
19163 |
|
MJK |
5422 |
7024 | |
|
WK |
7294 |
8012 | |
|
SWL |
Sidney W Lawrence |
15830 |
19443 |
|
HCL |
8536 |
18186 | |
|
AWL |
12950 |
19526 | |
|
JPL |
13824 |
16893 | |
|
RJL |
13798 |
19077 | |
|
CFM |
5125 |
6045 | |
|
WWM |
William W Malone |
5391 |
18576 |
|
LM |
Luck Marks |
8341 |
17359 |
|
FAM |
Frank Alexander Martie |
15571 |
16299 |
|
Initials |
Plate Finisher |
1st Plate |
Final Plate |
|
JJMacD |
John J McDonald |
14074 |
14162 |
|
JJMcD |
John J McDonald |
14235 |
19014 |
|
JMcF |
6928 |
19469 | |
|
TAMcG |
Thomas A McGaffin |
15855 |
18899 |
|
FAMcG |
Felix A McGuire |
5112 |
5635 |
|
DRMcL |
Donald R McLeod |
8509 |
8891 |
|
MM |
Michael Morgan |
5501 |
5505 |
|
JJM |
James J Murray |
5385 |
5385 |
|
LRM |
13848 |
19556 | |
|
ACN |
5073 |
6140 | |
|
JEP |
13992 |
17941 | |
|
WTP |
William T Powers |
13795 |
16097 |
|
JR |
4959 |
16975 | |
|
CHR |
5059 |
19162 | |
|
CIR |
Clarence I Ronsaville |
9168 |
9168 |
|
JCR |
John C Rout |
5037 |
6935 |
|
JES |
John E Schaeffer |
13980 |
18893 |
|
LBS |
8168 |
17928 | |
|
JSS |
4961 |
8424 | |
|
ELS |
Edwin L Shankle |
13783 |
19551 |
|
Initials |
Plate Finisher |
1st Plate |
Final Plate |
|
EAS |
Eugene A Smith |
15750 |
19494 |
|
WES |
5393 |
19620 | |
|
GS |
8524 |
19418 | |
|
ELT |
Edward L Tucker |
5298 |
5340 |
|
GTT |
George T Tyser |
6074 |
19646 |
|
FJV |
Ferdinand J Voight |
14433 |
15266 |
|
JMW |
5329 |
7973 | |
|
WW |
5766 |
8437 | |
|
ECW |
Edward C Wildt |
14029 |
18667 |
|
HMW |
Herbert M Williams |
6389 |
6389 |
|
GW |
6785 |
16406 | |
|
HWW |
5130 |
8388 | |
|
RFW |
Ralph F Wurtz |
13864 |
19624 |
|
Plate Finisher |
1st Plate |
Final Plate |
Color Key to Plate Finisher List:
Initials/Name: Click to see an example(s) on Washington Franklins.
Initials/Name: No example currently available in my collection.
Initials/Name: No Washington Franklin plates reported by this individual.
Information for this table was derived from the BIA Plate Number
Checklist: Plates 1 – 20,000, as well as additional research.
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