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Baylor Libraries Book Arts & Letterpress Lab

Printing Presses in the Lab

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

"Sir Prints-A-Lot", "Printsess Peach", "Sir Prints-A-Little", "Fresh Prints of Bel-Air", "Prints Charming" - a family of 21st century tabletop proofing presses (5) (Provisional Press, Ft. Wayne, Indiana) 

 

"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)

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