Category Archives: Printing

Magical Mystery Tour Baltimore

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IMG_3265We departed from our usual Monday tour and went on a Tuesday in order to visit the Museum on Industry in Baltimore and see the Linotype there. It was, in fact, a relatively normal tour, normal in the way that it was NOT like our usual… unusual spots tours. It was non-the-less a great day pretty much spent in two museums that are very much worth the visit. It was especially good visiting the B&O with Craig in tow, who has become a walking database of train history and who was able to answer our questions and point out unusual aspects of the collection even better than the local docents there.

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Printing at Conestoga Press

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IMG_2053Spent a little time today printing. Usually I’m sorting type and leave the printing to Jeff, especially on the Chandler and Price AKA the Hand Crusher. Deadlines are deadlines though, and we need the cards to take them along to the Letterpress Fair in Lancaster on Sunday.

Platen Press Museum in Zion Illinois

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golding-rotary-officialNot that I get in the area much, but would love to visit this museum. In lieu of getting on a plane and going there you can view a slideshow of many types (pun intended) of letterpresses in this guy’s collection. There ARE actually some models I could fit in my basement… or my pocket for that matter.

If you find you HAVE to see one in the flesh come on down to the corner of Oak and Main in Ephrata, PA on a Saturday morning between 9 am and noon and we might even let you take one for a spin.

Check it out at the Platen Press Museum.

Conestoga Press – AAPA Bookmark

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Jeff, Print Shop Committee Chair (left) and Randy relax between visitors during the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley Christmas Tea.

In December I was able to print bookmarker’s with a lincoln quote, an interesting cut I found in the Historical Society’s collection, and an arrangement of borders into a design that was probably put together by Harry Stauffer, founder of the Conestoga Press. Copies were given away at the annual Christmas Tea and a special edition was printed and provided to the American Amateur Press Association and be mailed in packets to their over 200 members. For those who have followed the web address on the back to this site, welcome and feel free to comment below.

History of Printing in Lancaster County

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There’s a great site about printing in Lancaster County called THE BLACK ART located at www.lancasterlyrics.com which includes valuable information about Harry Stauffer (shown here) and his Conestoga Press which I now help operate at the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.

(Image: Harry Stauffer at the Ephrata Cloister, Lancaster County.  With Joseph Bauman’s Ouram Printing Press.  Photo by Mel Horst. From BLACK ART site.)