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Come See the Itinerant Printer October 10!
Saturday, October 10, 2015 – 9AM until Noon (at least) Chris Fritton, the Itinerant Printer, is visiting letterpress printshops across America, producing unique prints at each venue culled from their idiosyncratic collections of antique wood type, metal type, cuts, ornaments, and … Continue reading
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Print Shop Apprentices Ride in Style in Ephrata Fair Parade
Apprentices Madelyn and Isaac rode on the back of a new Mustang to represent the Future, following an antique car that included two costumed Historical Society members riding in the rumble seat. A banner preceded both with the Society’s motto: Preserving … Continue reading
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Crafts at the Museum
Saturday, June 6, 2015 10AM – 4PM / FREE ADMISSION! SEE LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS, SHOP, AND TOUR THE MUSEUM Tri-County Scrollers Club members will demonstrate with their scroll saws and offer various wood crafted items. Randy Snader will share his hand penned … Continue reading
The Itinerant Printer is Funded!
The Itnerant Printer Project has been fully funded on IndieGoGo. Chris Fritton, plans to travel around travel around the country in 2015 printing on various presses and recording his adventure. Maybe we’ll be a stop on the tour. Either way, … Continue reading
Christmas Open House
Come join us for the Historical Society’s Open House on Sunday December 7th from 1 – 4PM. Tour the Museum, sit on Santa’s lap, and stop in the print shop to print a bookmark. Buy some of our latest Christmas … Continue reading
At the 2nd Annual Lancaster Letterpress Fair
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2nd Annual Letterpress Fair
Come to the FAIR! Conestoga Press will be there along with all kinds of great vendors from letterpress equipment to printed goods and even food! This was a great event last year and proves to be even better this year. … Continue reading
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Traditional Crafts Day
Saturday, June 14, 2014 10AM – 4PM / FREE ADMISSION! Come to the Historical Society and Conestoga Press this Saturday and see craftspeople in action. Tour the museum. All for Free! DEMONSTRATIONS IN: Scrollsaw (Tri County Scrollers), Letterpress, Beer Brewing, … Continue reading
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.918 Club Members Meet and Print
Members of the .918 Club in Lancaster gathered Wednesday evening, April 30th to view the special Harry Stauffer exhibit, the rest of the museum, the library, and still found some time to print on the Bronstrup Press. If they had … Continue reading
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Great Historical Society Christmas Tea
Lots of folks showed up at the annual tea at the Historical Society today. We had many visitors to the print shop where we printed a commemorative Harry Stauffer bookmark. Harry was the one who donated much of the material … Continue reading