https://www.letterpressmuseum.org/blog-1 daily 0.75 2022-07-10 https://www.letterpressmuseum.org/blog-1/Blog Post Title One-rzye4 monthly 0.5 2022-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/9f7e4722-a450-4535-a265-f2093e49a314/BICENTENNIAL+POSTERS Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Ink drying on the posters commemorating The Bicentennial of the first printing in Hawai’i. I drew the top portion and had it digitally produced; then I printed the 17-character Hawaiian Alphabet on the bottom using The Hawai’i (Carlton) Press. On our Home Page there is a video showing me do just that on Jan. 7, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/c9151188-02b5-4943-9a13-5851e06aed1c/798879B4-FF79-4B18-B6D9-C115B3A0971B.jpeg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/8c594a93-da1d-4832-b14d-1bb0cfdf3b4f/NAP+Composing+Stick+Box Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/6d48fddf-ae0a-436c-89e9-d1541a9aebc0/NAP+Type+Envelope Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out A piece of type from the scrap pile that we gave as souvenirs to folks over the past 32 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/3d6299d0-8a1a-4c48-9e3e-af2ffbdc02e2/CIMG3237.jpg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out I miss our White, Ring-necked Peace Dove Sonny Bird so I put this here. He will hold my place until my Tomorrow Post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/babfc676-1781-43fa-b9ed-a6bc20c5178b/JEROs+ART+SHOW Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/9e1188ac-7718-475f-980d-9656a3e74c0d/J%26K+WALL+PHONE Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Here is a photo of our Kitchen Wall. The photo was taken in 2012, therefore the only thing that remains in 2022 is the wall phone. YES, it is connected . . . and, NO that is not our phone number. So, clockwise from the left: Dial Phone; Prototype I did for Disney Pitch; 45 rpm “F I R E” by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown; Glass Man Sculpture (artist unknown); 1961* SPOON Calendar from the Ephemera Collection (we have more); “E T C”, one of my sculptures. * Note: 1961 is the last “Upside Down Year” until 6009! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/faf7d2d2-a959-487e-b6a3-c5833303a6b2/0FD807FB-2213-4810-88F5-0EA567AF30A1.jpeg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Kay managing our Booth as Bad Penny Letterpress (we renamed our 1906 commercial business) at the 2011 Anacortes Farmers Market Holiday Show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/3264afdd-896c-4d3b-ba7a-33613bc7b443/LINOTYPE+stock+cert.+front Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out 1896 LINOTYPE Stock Certificate 10 Shares x $100/share=$1000 value=a lot of money in 1896! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/2b759b67-75f3-4921-809a-1fee22c498ca/3FDB14CF-5549-4D67-B27E-AB6472DD5866.jpeg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/1a01d0c9-db2f-4e89-be8b-ea3f039cff5f/GOLDING+PEARL+%2311 Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out How about a Golding Pearl #11? All wrapped up and waiting for YOU! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/e02a6550-1982-412d-a551-ef369328dbe5/20190114_160002.jpg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/1ff88143-771e-4b78-bad9-15d785533b69/CROW+FOUNTAIN Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/02f93c62-56b1-4792-a1a6-a825d31f8a93/ENCAPSULATED+MATRIX Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out PLEASE NOTE . . . NY MILLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS NOT affiliated in any way with the LM of LP. I used their souvenir medallion as a prototype for my mold. That’s all. I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS PROTOTYPE!* The Linotypist and Museum Director in me think that Matrices should be casting lines; not locked up in a Pewter Prison! However, the Artist and Museum Director in me think that this is a striking way to raise awareness on many levels. What do you think? *No Matrices were harmed in the making of this prototype . . . “Hair Lines” present! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/b603f7e5-7e04-4073-822c-721e3a39aaff/First+Press+in+Hawai%27i+Illustration Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out This beautiful illustration is from The Printing House Craftsmen of Honolulu’s 500th Anniversary (1950) commemoration of Gutenberg’s achievements (1450). The statement above needs correcting - the press arrived in 1820. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/a53be86d-c5fc-4df1-a9a7-61bdaf3b2538/ANIMAL+STACK Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/73059d9d-629c-453d-a713-cc8eb6e5ea37/394A17A5-AF33-4876-AC0C-51E2967A000F.jpeg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out LINOTYPE MATRICES/TOOLS/PARTS/Etc . . . During my L-O-N-G and wonderful career as a Linotype Operator/Machinist, as would be expected, I have accumulated some interesting and USEFUL items that really ought to be in use. If you are familiar at all with linecasting, you know the precision necessary to keep the various Machines running at their peak. The tools, parts, and support items are quite specific to the Trade and likewise should be in use. Since 1988, The Living Museum of Letterpress Printing has committed itself to seeing that that very thing happens and will continue to happen. WE DO NOT SCRAP - We Steward. So . . . Contact us and let’s start a conversation that will get these valuable items where they should be - IN USE! WHY ARE WE OFFERING YOU: Lots of beautifully cared for Matrices? Well, these Matrices come from a Typesetting Service in Seattle, so we are the 2nd owners. As a Linotypist, I can attest to the fact that they are in EXCELLENT condition. We have some Fonts that are New Old Stock and have never been circulated in a Machine! Also, an extensive selection of Sorts Matrices and Border Slides. Let us know what you’re looking for and maybe we have it! We can send photos as well. We want these tools to be utilized!! Contact us: letterpressmuseum@gmail.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/b8a12c6e-3192-4e0a-a3e0-30c2b116c6eb/7BF752F5-84F3-4331-A95E-D4E1B74AFBDE.jpeg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/74ddc751-53ef-4557-92b7-2534dc770b3b/33D81A11-32B9-47D9-BD4E-EF8193BB0949.jpeg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/54be8374-b415-43cd-af1e-167da5b1b3f6/0D175250-B1C0-410A-A409-95613FEF32D4.jpeg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/660af5e2-423a-47fa-af26-45f5accdb3a4/ded.reckoning Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Bottom, 2nd from left, “The Rancher”is one of the many labels I’ve designed for Compass Wines here in Anacortes. I like to set lead type, use engravings from our VAST collection and do illustration or collage to create a one-off label. I then have it scanned to digital and it’s printed at a label company as a “continuous” roll (for bottling purposes). It is a lot of fun to collaborate with all sorts of printers and their different processes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/95a5f680-d09c-4844-ab49-08aeae24597a/1831+sANDWICH+IS.+BOOK Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/dc38478f-be27-4183-8e85-fe41cd8b762a/LINOTYPE+EXPLAINER.jpg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out I just love this description of the workings of the LINOTYPE Machine. It’s from a 1934 Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary with 3000+ pages that weighs many pounds! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/977da1bb-417a-41c6-94d3-f01e08e1a0c4/20220117_120803.jpg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/9ec30102-c633-43bd-82f7-53b1616328aa/0A345F65-E557-43E9-9ACA-1A2D6E5A86EE.jpeg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/82895811-7907-4c07-8b89-4b2be939a80d/LINOTYPE+stock+cert.+back Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/065f5647-0e85-4c4e-8568-b2a53df7e65c/Etching+Press Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/f162b27e-75e9-41c1-be05-dbbb81ee68b9/Hawai%27i+Primer Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out The 1822 Hawaiian Alphabet Primer. Though the Mission Press printed a great many works purely in Hawaiian, this simple work served as the basis of learning for many kanakas (humans) for a number of years. In 1826 the Alphabet was reduced to 12 letters with the removal of B, D, R, T, and V. These consonants were “deemed redundant to the ear of the hearer” (Editor’s comment in quotes). Also, another character has been added; the ‘ōkina (‘), a consonant bringing the count to 13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/bc3a68d6-f346-4716-8e7c-b3b1e4ae7a3a/8CD355C7-1E68-46B9-93E4-B3FE403D8FD0.jpeg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Diamond Cutter . . . What a “GEM”! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/725401e6-6048-4c8d-b404-b6efa0e0a45c/CLEAN+SPACEBANDS Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out This placard was attached to the Linotype just where the Spacebands were stored - ready for use. It was paramount that this directive be followed! Spacebands were the only part of the “LINE” in LINOTYPE that was in continuous use. Matrices came and went as the Magazines that held them were changed as needed. The process for cleaning Twice Daily (of dirt, possible lead build-up, etc) was to lay them on a flat Pine board that has been saturated with powdered graphite. A gentle but firm amount of downward pressure upon the board cleaned the debris and LUBRICATED the Spaceband with its slightly wedge-shaped mechanism; allowing the line justification process to happen SMOOTHLY. Perfect, Ottmar! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/5e1dfa89-635e-4b22-91aa-6721ced2f316/KITTY+RICE+BALLS Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out My 8-year old Granddaughter Loie (lo-ee-ay in Hawaiian) and I made Kitty Rice Balls. We LOVE Sushi! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/b9e76758-b72e-4a21-9539-18e3d9acc1da/AFM+Earth+Day+Poster Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Putting the finishing color down on the Vandercook SP15. Six times through the press and LOTS of form building! BAD PENNY donated this poster because we believe STRONGLY that Farmers Markets NEED to exist. As a 501(c)(3) non profit corporation, the Anacortes Farmers Market depends upon outside funding to complete their Budget. Donations such as ours can make a BIG difference in balancing that Budget. In this case, $1100 (value of poster) made a big difference. I know. I was on the Board of Directors as Treasurer, then as President. I left the Board to take the position of Co-Manager of The Market. One of the best experiences of my life has been seeing the differences an effective Board can bring to fruition in a Community. In this case, their Mission is to GET QUALITY FOOD and SUPPORT to those in need. How “those in need” is defined? It’s your call. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/bfafdcc6-5aa0-4972-abdd-fbcd947adeca/7574708F-18F2-4C5D-95DF-6BFDDBEAA9A1.jpeg Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/3b5a395c-91fd-4239-be94-480958eb5be2/CLAIRE+RENAISSANCE Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/375b34ae-c102-44a8-b540-910fbf1286c3/Man+of+the+S.I.+Dancing Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Look what arrived the other day from a fine art dealer in Italy! This is a 1785 engraving after a John Webber illustration. Webber was the official artist on Cook’s 3rd (and final) Voyage. It is currently on display in our Exhibit, “Hawaiian Literacy: 200 Years”. MAKE AN APPOINTMENT to visit and see for your own self! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/850c2213-a87e-4a38-850b-858436283448/NAP+STILL+LIFE Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/88890f6d-5432-4949-9c26-b23719c894a7/K+and+J+SMILING%21 Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out We LOVE what we do . . . and hope you do too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/8fc2d78d-b25d-4aed-9295-b63fe22b2dbd/SONNY+BIRD%21 Blog 1 - LETTERPRESS is an 11 Letter Word. - Make it stand out A nice shot of Sonny Bird, our White Ring-Necked Peace Dove. He’s “outside ‘The Big House’” as we say. He found us 16 years ago. I’m not really a bird-in-a-cage person; but we had just taken possession of two kitten siblings and it was for the betterment of all that he be primarily sequestered. Cats are 16 now, and all is well! https://www.letterpressmuseum.org/hawaiian-literacy daily 0.75 2023-12-22 https://www.letterpressmuseum.org/hawaiian-literacy/the-story-of-hawaiian-literacy monthly 0.5 2022-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/2e1cbc9b-6a6d-4c87-9e48-654d32728eb2/200th+POSTER+ON+TYMPAN HAWAIIAN LITERACY - The Story of Hawaiian Literacy. - Make it stand out Here is some contemporary work celebrating Hawaiian History! You can see the process of Adding the 1822, 17-Character Hawaiian Alphabet to the bottom of this poster that I drew, by going to the Home Page and scrolling down . You’ll see it on YouTube! https://www.letterpressmuseum.org/home daily 1.0 2023-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/730bd208-0ab4-45ad-94e9-9261c4acc071/Gutenberg.jpg Home - Make it stand out An imagined Johannes Gutenberg and his shopmates inspect a page from their just-printed Bible. No one REALLY knows what transpired! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/63731b2f-4d51-45c0-a3fc-88c9901067ee/Squires%2C+Jeronimo+4.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/4298d359-b716-4f58-ba3e-3eb4669b650b/Golding+Official.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/bfb88d26-f7a5-469a-bdc9-1b66f0832129/Hale+Pa%27i+Pili.jpg Home - Make it stand out PLEASE NOTE: “Haole” translates as “Non-Hawaiian/Foreign” and is not intended as a derrogatory term. Mahalo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/57823221-e591-4a07-9c43-05ef38e71f19/IMG_8403.JPG Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/68c1ba37-0be6-418a-872c-a5d4187a3437/Humuhumu....jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/fd9aaeb1-6b69-4559-89f2-6803be91cd6e/15097+-+A+Most+Unusual+Event.jpg Home - Make it stand out This Poster acted as the basis for our Souvenir Printing on January 7, 2022 commemorating The Bicentennial. I drew and lettered the “upper” portion of the Poster; then had it digitally produced. I then added the circa 1822, 17-character Hawaiian Alphabet at the bottom using vintage types and printed it on The Carlton Press. You can watch the process in the Bicentennial Commemoration video below. Please note: The colorful, upper portion of the poster was pre-printed… ONLY the alphabet at the bottom of the Poster was printed on The Carlton Press! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/e326ad02-ea29-4c8f-8ef4-309604f1b693/Japanese+Type.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.letterpressmuseum.org/letterpress-items-for-sale daily 0.75 2023-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/5c6aa275-a4d5-4c99-b859-5a400382fb2f/ETCHING+PRESS LETTERPRESS ITEMS - Make it stand out Available . . . HOW ABOUT A BEAUTIFUL ETCHING/ENGRAVING PRESS? VERY RARE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/97f9a3c4-87a9-445a-9976-a7833468add2/Poetry+cert.jpg LETTERPRESS ITEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/f7d44856-b4ca-4d40-b09b-d01e1ce3b78f/394A17A5-AF33-4876-AC0C-51E2967A000F.jpeg LETTERPRESS ITEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/ca0a1a27-d349-4409-af09-9df88104865a/8DC2D071-1C9F-498D-A396-486B7492BDF2.jpg LETTERPRESS ITEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/f08c9b1f-6edf-4720-a50a-afd15b7b4933/ETCHING+PRESS+DETAIL LETTERPRESS ITEMS - Make it stand out This Press deserves a CLOSER LOOK: Imagine this in your Studio!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/ad027c69-2388-4087-91f6-e96fff1c2c0f/P1030763.jpg LETTERPRESS ITEMS - Make it stand out When you visit, here are some of the things you might see . . . AND a whole lot more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/55980c12-890f-49b7-ba46-6a64fa4c9a58/LINO+MAGAZINES LETTERPRESS ITEMS - Make it stand out We have a few magazines left after our BIG sale of 120+! LOTS of very nice Matrices and Sorts still here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/505aaf13-40aa-4513-af60-ac8b18a90710/CUTTER.jpg LETTERPRESS ITEMS - Here is a rare item . . . 1923 Challenge Diamond Paper Cutter: 34” Knife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/1a01d0c9-db2f-4e89-be8b-ea3f039cff5f/20190420_101142.jpg LETTERPRESS ITEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.letterpressmuseum.org/carlton-press daily 0.75 2022-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/e528bc65-fabd-4ee4-acb1-3cb11b95de7a/Squires%2C+Jeronimo+4+%281%29.jpg Carlton Press - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/ccde44fb-8969-41aa-9095-3984fa325d2a/20200124_115356.jpg Carlton Press - Make it stand out Patrick in his workshop about a year into The Project. Native Oregon White Oak makes up about 95% of The Press. A “Plank” of Spruce, smatterings of Purple Heart, a Black Walnut “Cap”, a “Platen” of Honduran Mahogany, and a Marble “Stone” Bed round things out nicely at about 1000 lbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/83016907-3e3d-4bad-951b-e455731d9aa9/20200124_152726.jpg Carlton Press - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/623f1d2a-7fda-41f5-ba9e-9f63d4e7b08a/20200124_150938.jpg Carlton Press - Make it stand out The manner in which the Rear Cross Bar will attach with Wing Bolts (not shown). https://www.letterpressmuseum.org/history-of-printing daily 0.75 2023-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/95e38369-ece7-416d-94cd-0feb593dffd7/History+of+Printing+-+22.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out Some of the presses were IMMENSE! This press was capable of many thousands of impressions per hour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/26bd8291-40c4-4f6c-af05-a9bd2a3ea451/History+of+Printing+-+71.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out Here I am in the mid 1990’s (with mostly black hair!) operating the Model 14 Linotype at our original location in Belltown, Seattle. This was our shop: Orrin F. Drew Fine Printing, that was founded in 1906. We are the 3rd owners! See all of those sparkles on the floor? Those are lead shavings from the individual “slugs” (lines-o-type) as they are trimmed and shaved to an exact height of .918” (type high). I’m holding one slug (still very hot from casting at 540F) and you can see the tray is being filled as the lines are cast and ejected onto it. If you have seen one operate, you will understand why Thomas Edison dubbed the Linotype: “The 8th Wonder of The World!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/54e46a8d-b70d-4d3a-af96-07759eb6cf57/History+of+Printing+-+38.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out Inside The Linotype Factory circa 1890. Once again, notice the overhead shafting and belting that power the Plant. This photo shows the improved “Star Based Machine” being fine tuned before delivery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/af0ee5b6-1651-4617-b8fa-b002c56637ad/History+of+Printing+-+37.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out Newsboys had a very difficult lifestyle! Today’s Labor Laws would never permit the harsh conditions (and sometimes treatment) they endured. This was a typical scene in nearly every major city in America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/8deb5b48-81dc-4246-b165-1a4a8fe88efc/History+of+Printing+-+28.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out WORK is what it took when this photo was taken! In a shop such as this, pretty much EVERYTHING was done by hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/5056d75b-6394-42a2-bf41-8fbfb40a86a4/KayFolklife80.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out Master Printer Kay concentrates on QUALITY. Here she’s adjusting the height of the rollers so that they just “kiss” the metal types and deposit just the right amount of ink onto the paper. Maintaining tolerances is very important to quality and QUALITY is very important to Kay! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/6da04dfc-cca9-4fca-b5fd-2654fcb63d76/History+of+Printing+-+41.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out This Machine is the first iteration of a line-casting device that was COMPLETELY SUCCESSFUL. It was dubbed “The Blower” because the Matrices were assisted along their path through the Machine by blasts of air. The Machine’s inventor, Ottmar Mergenthaler, spent MANY years improving its MANY systems and indeed the next generation looked very different and did away completely with air-assisted Matrices. It was called “The Star Based Machine” as its footprint (Base) resembled a star, as shown in the Linotype Factory photo above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/10368eec-b8cc-4710-af86-4c02807595c9/History+of+Printing+-+76.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/1eb2b596-5efe-4888-a979-99d23de98401/LINO%28S%29.jpeg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out Anacortes: An early shot (bare walls!) showing our two Linotypes: the Model 14 (1920) in the foreground and the Model 29 (mid-1950’s) at the back. Lodged in between the two is the North American Post’s ORIGINAL press. It is a 10”x 15” Chandler & Price Open Press (1902) treadle machine (no motor). This is the press that we recently returned to its ORIGINAL owners in Seattle! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/4b143cc6-bd87-4a3f-8109-4c5236d65322/History+of+Printing+-+04.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out Jeronimo and a “Printer’s Devil” (novice) at Folklife Festival, circa 1989. She is operating our Golding Official #3. Our theme for this show was “Printers Arrive in Seattle, 1860.” The good folks at The Longmire Cabin at Paradise, Washington on Mount Rainier loaned us their Covered Wagon for this event! We always invited the public to participate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/c047f79d-55e7-49f8-b748-f6b7ba125775/History+of+Printing+-+75.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/6b5dba38-11d9-49ad-b44f-2edfdf7fad40/History+of+Printing+-+31.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out Apparently, knowledge of Gutenberg’s inventions (circa 1450) had not reached this gentleman. This is Old Technology! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/ef2ecd4c-9f88-4400-b045-9c90a4df7ddc/History+of+Printing+-+72.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out Here are those belts again! This time they are powering the Steel Matrix Department of The Mergenthaler Linotype Company. Hundreds of processes were necessary for the production of the Linotype. Ottmar invented a great number of them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/c44c0ad2-7167-45ae-a933-727794e779d3/History+of+Printing+-+42.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e5f05719859c1874827021/a20ae466-04ae-4ee4-950e-796fc3158c5b/History+of+Printing+-+23.jpg HISTORY OF PRINTING - Make it stand out A typical method of powering this type of machinery. Usually a Steam-powered Engine would be employed to drive simple pulley systems that could be activated (and deactivated) by moving those belts on or off the Drive Pulley. Notice the “Hook” that holds the Pulley, as seen in the foreground. A drive system of shafts overhead ran throughout the shop. Electricity, as a method of powering machines, was not always available; but steam-power, long “perfected” usually was!