Early Life
Born Albert Bruce Rogers in Linnwood, Indiana, he never used the name Albert and was known to associates as "BR." Rogers received a B.S. from Purdue University in 1890. At Purdue, he worked with political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon on the student newspaper and yearbook.
After graduation Rogers worked as both an artist for the Indianapolis News and as office boy for a rail-road. After seeing several Kelmscott Press editions, Rogers became interested in producing fine books, and so moved to Boston, then a center of publishing, where he free-lanced for L. Prang and Co..
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