The first printed copies of the Declaration of Independence produced by John Dunlap are called Dunlap broadsides.
John Dunlap, a Philadelphia printer, was commissioned by the Continental Congress to print the Declaration after its adoption. His shop produced large single-sheet copies known as broadsides, which could be distributed quickly to officials, military leaders, and the public.
Approximately 200 copies are believed to have been printed, although only a small number survive today. The surviving sheets are valuable because they preserve the text as it first circulated publicly, before the engrossed parchment copy associated with the signing was prepared.
The Dunlap broadsides are not the same object as the famous parchment document displayed at the National Archives. They were early printed announcements, while the engrossed parchment became the formal manuscript. Their name comes from the printer, not from a place, political faction, or later anniversary program.