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Winter Break
Baby, it’s cold outside! and inside the Print Shop, which has no insulation or heat, it can be just as cold or colder! So we’re taking the winter off, heading for shops with heat for the months of January and … Continue reading
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January 2023 APHA Calendar Page
This year for the first time we submitted a page for the APHA Chesapeake collaborative calendar. You can buy it here and support a great group… and get a calendar like no other! You can also view each month here. … Continue reading
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2022 Christmas Open House Coaster
For the fourth Christmas celebration in a row at the HSCV Museum we produced a two-color coaster. We printed around 150 of these for visitors as they waited. While they waited, Jeff printed the red on the C&P and then … Continue reading
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1976 Ephrata Fair Parade
In 1976 the Historical Society expressed an interest in having a float in the Ephrata Fair Parade for the country’s Bicentennial. The Junior Historians did much of the work, putting the Bronstrup iron press on a farm wagon and decorating … Continue reading
Culdee
We have some bits and pieces of this font in two point sizes (18 point proof below) and hopefully will find the rest at some point in our collection. Sample above is from the MacKellar, Smiths, and Jordan 1891 Specimen … Continue reading
Recherche /rəˌSHerˈSHā/
We had a case of type long identified as MacKellar, Smiths, and Jordan, which was, of course the foundry, not the font. After finding an 1891 Specimen book on the Internet Archive, we were able to identify it as Recherche, … Continue reading
Chesapeake APHA Visit
On Saturday, June 11 the Chesapeake Chapter of the American Printing History Association (of which Conestoga Press is a member) was hosted by us for a field trip. We began with a special visit to the Ephrata Cloister, enjoyed a … Continue reading
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Typographic Art 1854
Just added a link to Typographia: or the Printer’s Instructor by Thomas Adams. Free and online. You can read and/or download it here or check it out along with others on our Resources page which is regularly updated with such … Continue reading
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Provisional Press
Two of us in the shop own these little proof presses that are easily assembled from laser cut pieces. There are even plans on the site to cut your own if you desire, or you can watch for presses to … Continue reading
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Chandler & Price
Some photos from the installation of our “new” old 8″ x 12″ Chandler & Price made in 1926. Added to Conestoga Press in 2009(?). [Photos by Dick Wanner]