W. S. Cowell Ltd.
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W.S. Cowell Ltd was a British printing company that produced a variety of books, including popular children's literature of the 1930s and prestigious coffee table books. Established in 1818, the company played a significant role in the history of printing in Ipswich. The company developed the Plastocowell printing process. However after a number of mergers in the late twentieth century, the name was finally dropped by its corporate owners in 1988.
Samuel Harrison Cowell was taken on as an apprentice by Richard Nottingham Rose, who had a printing/bookselling business in the Buttermarket, Ipswich.[1] In 1818, Abraham Kersey Cowell, a corn merchant from Ipswich, England, set up his second son, as a printer and stationer at No 10 in the Buttermarket in Ipswich. As well as selling books, Samuel Cowell also sold tea, coffee and wine.[2]
W. S. Cowell inherits
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In 1875, Walter Samuel Cowell inherited the business and appointed W. B. Hanson to handle the printing work. When the firm was incorporated in 1900, both W. B. Hanson and his son H. Hanson had significant share holdings.
Christchurch postcard series
William S. Cowell started publishing postcards launching their Christchurch series. These included illustrations by Parsons Norman and Robert Gallon[3]