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The Conestoga Press is part of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley and housed in the Carriage House of the Theodore Sprecher Museum at 249 West Main Street, Ephrata, Pennsylvania. It is operated by volunteers most Saturday mornings and during special events.Tags
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Old Book / New Process
So I found this very interesting book on scanned by google books. Of course I could read it on the Internet Archive here, but it seemed like something that would be useful to hold in your hand in the print … Continue reading
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Christmas Open House @ HSCV on December 2nd from 2 – 5 PM!
Stop by the Historical Society tomorrow at our Christmas Open House and print yourself a Holiday Coaster! You’ll need one to keep those holiday drinks from putting rings on your coffee table, so why not have one you printed yourself … Continue reading
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Lancaster Printers Fair September 14 & 15
Come see us on Saturday, September 15 at the Lancaster Printers Fair. The 300 block of Queen Street in Lancaster will be full of stands demonstrating and selling printed goods and equipment. Street fair is from 11 – 4. There … Continue reading
Another Field Trip to Bethlehem
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 … Continue reading
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Scroll Saw Demonstrations at the Museum
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, … Continue reading
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French Oldstyle No. 552 – 24pt
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 … Continue reading
Chesapeake Printers Fair Trip
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 Glyph, a wonderful print studio and stationary store. We saw many of our … Continue reading
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Visit to National Museum of Industrial History
We traveled to Bethlehem for a special visit to the National Museum of Industrial History at the Steel Stacks complex. Check it out at nmih.org and plan a visit! A special printing exhibit will open there soon. We’ll post details here.
Itinerant Printer Ted Talk
Check out this TED talk from our friend, Chris Fritton, about his project which included a visit to the Conestoga Press.
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