Edgecombe Printer, 1971

Edgecombe Printers

Many thanks to Dan Williams for sending in this article taken from a 1971 edition of the American publication “Graphical Arts Monthly.” It explores how viable a small letterpress print shop was in the early 1970s.

IS LETTERPRESS dead for the small printer? Edgecombe Printer in Kalamazoo, Mich, is a good example of a shop that is making a profit with letterpress in competition with offset. Read the Full Article . . .

US Govt. Printing Offices

US Govt Printing Office
Just catalogued as Government printing offices presses. I would guess the photo was taken before World War 2.

The photographs on these pages are reproduced courtesy of the United States Library of Congress, and were taken in US Government Printing Offices in Washington, DC.

Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Washington, USA

Printing press
The press, and staff, with some covers off.

These pictures were categorised as Printing Shops in Washington, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, c1920-1950, although taking a clue from the clothing worn, I would guess that they could be pinned down to c1930.

What puzzled me about the photographs is that a great deal of attention seems to be being paid to a fairly run-of-the-mill-looking printing press. Read the Full Article . . .