Frank Romano, Professor Emeritus of the Museum of Printing in Haverhill (that’s pronounced HAY-verill) Massachusetts was in the area at the invite of Paul from the print shop and I was able to spend two days touring around the County. We visited an Amish print shop, Stevens Tech, Millersville University, the Railroad Museum of PA, the Heritage Printing Museum, .918 Club, the Ephrata Cloister, two Ben Franklin statues, and of course the Conestoga Press… where of course I got NO pictures. Enjoyed hearing the talks to the two colleges and the .918 Club as well as learning much at each stop and the conversation in the car. Here he photographs the press at the Cloister.
My biggest thrill is postively identifying a type, especially when it is an older ornate type that may have some historical significance. We have that and we have several unknown serif styles that are close to one thing or another, but not anything in the massive type books we have. This one is an early one that’s even more exciting because it’s in good shape although quantity-wise there’s enough for some titles, but not much more. By it’s nature, though you wouldn’t be doing paragraphs of it anyway. We have it in 24 and 36 point without any missing letters as far as I can tell. I’m still looking for the “and” pieces though. I’m hoping they were placed somewhere with borders or graphics.
Jeff makes some adjustments to the new reproduction English Common Press at the 
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