Spent 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.
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Conestoga Press – AAPA Bookmark
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
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.)