Ingalls Kimball
Ingalls Kimball was an American printer and entrepreneur.Early years
Kimball was born in West Newton, Massachusetts to American entrepreneur Hannibal Ingalls Kimball and Mary Kimball. He attended Harvard College from 1890 to 1894.Career
After graduation, he started the publishing and printing business Stone & Kimball with Herbert S. Stone.
In 1897, Kimball established the Cheltenham Press in New York City. A year later, Kimball commissioned American architect and type designer Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue to design the namesake Cheltenham typeface, considered at one point to be the most widely known typeface in the United States.
In 1916, Kimball established the “National Thrift Bond Corporation.”
