TOPEKA BLUEPRINT

For over 96 years, Topeka Blueprint has been a locally owned company that handles all printing needs. Plans, Color Copies, Large Format Scanning and Banners...just to name a few. Browse our services to see how we can assist you today!... The Topeka Blueprint Co. was established in 1927 as an outgrowth of the Parr Map and Engineering Co. Arthur McPherson Mills Jr. was a draftsman for Parr when they were purchased by the H.M. Gousha Map Co. and moved to Kansas City, MO. During this time Parr had operated a Sun Frame on the roof of their office at 624 Kansas Ave. for the purpose of making blueprints of their drawings. This process required the exposure of translucent drawings made on either vellum or cloth to a sensitized paper for a period of 4 to 10 minutes (depending on how much sunlight was available). This was a negative working process producing prints with a white line and dark blue background, hence the term Blueprint. When Parr left Topeka, "Mac" Mills purchased the Sun Frame,..

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