The model paper makeing operation fills up the length of the exhibit (on right here). There’s a lot packed into this exhibit including some Ephrata history.
Most of us from the field trip made a multipurpose visit to the National Museum of Industrial History on Saturday. Of course we wanted to see their Print and Papermaking exhibit now that it’s complete. Paul had some matrices for their newly acquired Linotype. And we also had some questions about some presses we’re privately restoring/repairing to ask the purveyor of the Excelsior Press, who is the exhibit’s resident letterpress expert.
The exhibit is really great and worth the trip while it’s still there! What really amazed us was the working model of a paper making operation. It really makes paper. Frank, the resident mechanical wizard, gave us a full tour of it.
Saturday, June 23, 2018 10 AM – 2 PM Tri-County Scrollers club members will again set up their saws at the museum of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley at the corner of Main and Oak Streets in Ephrata, PA. We’ll also have the Print Shop open the extended time and will be demonstrating the craft.
So Madelyn, Jeff and I were at the print shop today. Jeff finished printing some QSL cards. It’s a HAM radio thing that we’ll soon be able to produce for others. Madelyn finished sorting some Thompson Quillscript and printed some Ephrata Cloister brochures. I proofed the type shown which we have a 2/3 case of. It’s not a totally complete case (there is a lowercase “r”, I just somehow got an “i” instead, but there’s probably more around the shop somwhere. Any idea what the typestyle is?
Most of the Print Shop crew enjoyed a day out at the Chesapeake Printers Fair in Havre de Grace, Maryland. It was a beautiful day hosted by 
We traveled to Bethlehem for a special visit to the National Museum of Industrial History at the Steel Stacks complex. Check it out at 
