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The Omaha Printing Company is one of the six or seven oldest businesses in Omaha. It started in 1858 when Harrison J. Brown and Ernest F. Schneider began using the printing press they owned to publish the Nebraska Republican newspaper. That newspaper, which became the Omaha Republican about a decade after its founding, appears to have been the original focus of Brown and Schneider’s publishing house. However, as time went by the company’s printing business expanded considerably, to such an extent that it enabled the company to survive after its newspaper folded in 1890. Within a year or two of the demise of its newspaper the company changed its name from “Omaha Republican” to “Omaha Printing Company.” The Omaha Printing Company is still in business today.
When it began business in 1858 the Nebraska Republican was located at 11th and Farnam. By 1870 it (now the Omaha Republican) had moved over to Douglas Street, and by 1893 it (now the "Omaha Printing Company") had moved to its longtime home at 9th and Farnam, the location shown in this picture.
The sign in the picture reads:
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OMAHA PRINTING COMPANY PRINTERS, BLANK BOOK MAKERS, COMMERCIAL STATIONERS, OFFICE SUPPLIES, OFFICE DESKS, CHAIRS, AND TABLES |
Text written by Jason Kaspar, Summer 2003
Midlands Business Journal 2003 Book of Lists. MBJ: Omaha, NE. Page 62.
Omaha City Directory: 1866-present
Omaha Printing Co. "Company History." Available at: