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Printing Presses in the Lab

 

 

 

"Winston" -- late 19th century clamshell jobbing press (Challenge Mfg. Co. G.P. Gordon Platen Press)

Hoe hand press 1870

"Pressly" -- 19th century Washington-style iron hand press (R. Hoe & Co., New York and London, 1870) 

"Betty" -- late 19th/early 20th century Washington-style iron hand press (F. Wesel Mfg. Co, New York)  

Vandercook Universal III P 1960

"Cooper" -- 20th century powered cylinder editioning press (Vandercook Universal III, 1960) 

vandercook no.4 1943

"Richard" -- 20th century powered cylinder editioning press (Vandercook no. 4, 1947) Gift of Dr. Julienne Empric and Family
in memory of Dr. Richard Mathews


"Lily" -- Early 20th century cylinder proof press
(Potter model. 2, Chicago, ca.1914) Gift of Dr. Julienne Empric and Family in memory of Dr. Richard Mathews

bookbeetle

"Paige" -- 21st century tabletop model based on mid-15th century screw driven hand press (Josef Beery / BookBeetle, Free Union, Virginia) 

"Pearl" -- 19th century tabletop clamshell platen press
(Baltimorean No. 12, J.F.W. Dorman Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1880s)

provisional presses

"Sir Prints-A-Lot," "Printsess Peach," "Sir Prints-A-Little,"
"Fresh Prints of Bel-Air," and "Prints Charming" -- a family of 
five 21st-century tabletop proofing presses (Provisional Press,
Ft. Wayne, Indiana)

"Prudence" --  20th century proofing press (Challenge Mfg. Co) 

"Maverick" -- late 19th century tabletop platen press
Chandler & Price Pilot Press, Cleveland, Ohio) 

 

 
   
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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