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Come See Us at the Printers Fair!
Saturday, September 19, 2026 11:00 AM …..TO….. 4:00 PMPrinters, Printmakers, Calligraphers and Bookmakers Al Starr Community Building – Willow Street Fire Company2901 Willow Street Pike – Willow Street, PA Plenty of on site FREE parking. Click Here for Directions and … Continue reading
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We Will Return March 7
Yes we’re ready to return to regularly scheduled Saturday mornings from 9 to noon. We’ll be there with lots of new projects and even a new press. Our C&P has been replaced by a 1917 Golding Jobber. The extreme cold … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The print shop will be closed in January and February. In fair weather you may find us in working on some exciting new projects but otherwise count on visiting … Continue reading
The New Year is Here
The print shop will greet the new year with a vacation of sorts. We won’t be scheduled to be open until March 1 when we resume our Saturday mornings from 9 to noon schedule. Someone may be there by chance … Continue reading
See Us in Havre de Grace, Maryland
No one will be in the Print Shop on Saturday, September 21, but you can see us and a bunch of other Printers in Maryland.
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Come See Our New Pearl
Thanks to a generous donation from Julie Hocking of Hocking Printing Company, publisher of the Shopping News in Ephrata, we have a new (old) No. 14 Pearl printing press. We plan to give it the care it needs to print … Continue reading
Happy New Year / Closed Until March
We’re closed here at Conestoga Press for the Winter. The museum is closed to install a new temporary exhibit and we will reopen when they do the first Saturday in March. The library here at the Historical Society is open … Continue reading
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APHA Calendar Available!
Once again, Conestoga Press has participated in the letterpress calendar of the Chesapeake Chapter of the American Printing History Association. Each month is a unique design contributed by a different member of the chapter. The calendar is sold each year … Continue reading
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Print Shop Reopening
Break’s over. Back to work! The Print Shop will be open to visitors each Saturday from 9 am – Noon starting March 4. Stop by and visit!
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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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