Letterpress

Archive

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Letterpress

Entry/Object ID

2022.2.159

Scope and Content

A single, double-sided page from "The Pennsylvania Gazette" Printed in Old Saint Joe for 4th Annual Ink Cahoots '76

Context

The author recollects when a woman brought a damaged copy of "The Pennsylvania Gazette" dated Dec. 24, 1728 to the Saint Joseph Bindery to be restored. The publisher was Samuel Keimer, who was Ben Franklin's first employer at the Gazette. The paper had lots of news about robberies, swindles, bankruptcies. . . The bindery will do its best to bring the paper back to the best condition possible.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Letterpress

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Replication Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Printing T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Archive Details

Primary Language

English