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The technology to print books & news using moveable type and ever faster printing presses revolutionized the world.

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Dresden Printing Press became first official press of state of Vermont at Vermont History Museum. Montpelier, VT.Printing press possibly used by Benjamin Franklin presented to USA during bicentennial celebrations in Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. Grand Rapids, MI.A printing press being inked. Williamsburg, VA.Aramage printing press in Elihu Stout Print Shop. Vincennes, IN.
Dresden Printing Press (early 1700s) became first official press (1778) of state of Vermont at Vermont History Museum. Montpelier, VT.Printing press (1785), possibly used by Benjamin Franklin, presented to USA by France during its bicentennial celebrations in Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. Grand Rapids, MI.A printing press being inked. Williamsburg, VA.Aramage printing press (c1800) in Elihu Stout Print Shop. Vincennes, IN.
Printing press at Mission House Museum. Honolulu, HI.Typesetting for printing press at Mission House Museum. Honolulu, HI.Handle to apply pressure on Aramage printing press in Elihu Stout Print Shop. Vincennes, IN.Aramage printing press in Elihu Stout Print Shop. Vincennes, IN.
Printing press at Mission House Museum. Honolulu, HI.Typesetting for printing press at Mission House Museum. Honolulu, HI.Handle to apply pressure on Aramage printing press in Elihu Stout Print Shop. Vincennes, IN.Aramage printing press in Elihu Stout Print Shop. Vincennes, IN.
Printing press used during Italian revolutions of 1821 at Risorgimento Museum. Turin, Italy.Heritage printing presses at Gold Rush History Center. Sacramento, CA.Columbia printing press by George E. Clymer of USA made in Germany under license at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.Columbian Printing Press c1860 by D&J Greig of Edinburgh after design 1813 by George E. Clymer of USA at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Printing press used during Italian revolutions of 1821 at Risorgimento Museum. Turin, Italy.Heritage printing presses at Gold Rush History Center. Sacramento, CA.Columbia printing press (1827) by George E. Clymer of USA made in Germany under license at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.Columbian Printing Press c1860 by D&J Greig of Edinburgh after design 1813 by George E. Clymer of USA at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.
American eagle atop Columbian Printing Press c1860 by D&J Greig of Edinburgh after design 1813 by George E. Clymer of USA at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Automatic cylinder printing press by Helbig & Müller of Vienna at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Original Washington hand printing press by R. Hoe & Co. of New York City went by ship to San Francisco & was used in Gold Rush towns before Epitaph editor brought it to Tombstone at Tombstone Epitaph Museum. Tombstone, AZ.Printing press by R. Hoe & Co. of New York at Carillon Historical Park. Dayton, OH.
American eagle atop Columbian Printing Press c1860 by D&J Greig of Edinburgh after design 1813 by George E. Clymer of USA at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Automatic cylinder printing press (1842) by Helbig & Müller of Vienna at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Original Washington hand printing press (1856) by R. Hoe & Co. of New York City went by ship to San Francisco & was used in Gold Rush towns before Epitaph editor brought it to Tombstone at Tombstone Epitaph Museum. Tombstone, AZ.Printing press by R. Hoe & Co. of New York at Carillon Historical Park. Dayton, OH.
Printing press at Mystic Seaport. Mystic, CT.Printing press by R. Hoe & Co. of New York & London at Roycroft Print Shop. East Aurora, NY.Printing press made by The Ostrander Seymour Co, Chicago at Angels Camp Museum. Angels Camp, CA.Printing press by Ostrander Seymour of Chicago such as used by Clemens in early printing career at Mark Twain Museum. Hannibal, MO.
Printing press at Mystic Seaport. Mystic, CT.Printing press by R. Hoe & Co. of New York & London at Roycroft Print Shop. East Aurora, NY.Printing press made by The Ostrander Seymour Co, Chicago at Angels Camp Museum. Angels Camp, CA.Printing press by Ostrander Seymour of Chicago such as used by Clemens in early printing career at Mark Twain Museum. Hannibal, MO.
Gustave Baumann's Midget Reliance printing press by Williams-Lloyd Machinery at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.Eclipse clamshell jobber printing press by J.F.W. Dorman of Baltimore, MD, at Museum of Idaho. Idaho Falls, ID.Vomag rotary newspaper printing press by Voigtländische Maschinenfabrik with compact footprint used until 1987 to print & fold 8000 copies / hour at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Heidelberg Platen printing press was first automatic machine to insert paper, print, then pile output with grippers at rate of 5500 sheets / hour at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Gustave Baumann's Midget Reliance printing press by Williams-Lloyd Machinery at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.Eclipse clamshell jobber printing press (1887) by J.F.W. Dorman of Baltimore, MD, at Museum of Idaho. Idaho Falls, ID.Vomag rotary newspaper printing press (1925) by Voigtländische Maschinenfabrik with compact footprint used until 1987 to print & fold 8000 copies / hour at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Heidelberg Platen printing press (1970 first produced 1914) was first automatic machine to insert paper, print, then pile output with grippers at rate of 5500 sheets / hour at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Pioneer Living History Museum. Phoenix, AZ.Printing press at Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby, BC.Linotype machine at Gold Rush History Center. Sacramento, CA.Linotype machine in Print Shop at Carillon Historical Park. Dayton, OH.
Printing press at Pioneer Living History Museum. Phoenix, AZ.Printing press at Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby, BC.Linotype machine at Gold Rush History Center. Sacramento, CA.Linotype machine in Print Shop at Carillon Historical Park. Dayton, OH.
Newspaper office with printing press at South Park City. Fairplay, CO.Printing press collection at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.Cincinnati Type Foundery & Printers Warehouse printing press with flag design at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.Cincinnati Type Foundery printing press at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.
Newspaper office with printing press at South Park City. Fairplay, CO.Printing press collection at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.Cincinnati Type Foundery & Printers Warehouse printing press with flag design at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.Cincinnati Type Foundery printing press at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.
Collection of antique printing presses at Roycroft Campus Powerhouse. East Aurora, NY.Pearl printing press by Golding & Co. of Boston at Roycroft Print Shop. East Aurora, NY.Rotary printing presses at Roycroft Print Shop. East Aurora, NY.Rotary printing press at Roycroft Print Shop. East Aurora, NY.
Collection of antique printing presses at Roycroft Campus Powerhouse. East Aurora, NY.Pearl printing press by Golding & Co. of Boston at Roycroft Print Shop. East Aurora, NY.Rotary printing presses at Roycroft Print Shop. East Aurora, NY.Rotary printing press at Roycroft Print Shop. East Aurora, NY.
Printing press at Roycroft Print Shop. East Aurora, NY.Printing press & typesetting objects at Roycroft Print Shop. East Aurora, NY.Printing press in Print Shop at Carillon Historical Park. Dayton, OH.Job printing press at Wright Cycle shop. Dayton, OH.
Printing press at Roycroft Print Shop. East Aurora, NY.Printing press & typesetting objects at Roycroft Print Shop. East Aurora, NY.Printing press in Print Shop at Carillon Historical Park. Dayton, OH.Job printing press at Wright Cycle shop. Dayton, OH.
Printing presses at South Dakota State Historical Society Museum. Pierre, SD.Letterpress at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.Typesetting examples at Tombstone Epitaph Museum. Tombstone, AZ.Intertype typesetting machines at Tombstone Epitaph Museum. Tombstone, AZ.
Printing presses at South Dakota State Historical Society Museum. Pierre, SD.Letterpress at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.Typesetting examples at Tombstone Epitaph Museum. Tombstone, AZ.Intertype typesetting machines at Tombstone Epitaph Museum. Tombstone, AZ.
Printing shop at Mystic Seaport. Mystic, CT.Drawers of type for printing at Mission House Museum. Honolulu, HI.Type setting box in Elihu Stout Print Shop. Vincennes, IN.Replica of 1400 medieval style wooden print press at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.
Printing shop at Mystic Seaport. Mystic, CT.Drawers of type for printing at Mission House Museum. Honolulu, HI.Type setting box in Elihu Stout Print Shop. Vincennes, IN.Replica of 1400 medieval style wooden print press at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.
Paper cutting machine in print shop at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.Edison invented A.B. Dick Diaphragm Mimeograph at Edison Birthplace Museum. Milan, OH.Relief showing early printing press at Gold Rush History Center. Sacramento, CA.Art Deco detail of printing press on Breuner Building. Oakland, CA.
Paper cutting machine in print shop at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.Edison invented A.B. Dick Diaphragm Mimeograph (1901) at Edison Birthplace Museum. Milan, OH.Relief showing early printing press at Gold Rush History Center. Sacramento, CA.Art Deco detail of printing press on Breuner Building. Oakland, CA.
Relief of impact of printing on base of Statue of Guttenberg showing signing of American Declaration of Independence & distribution of printed copies. Strasbourg, France.Relief of impact of printing on base of Statue of Guttenberg showing abolition of slavery & writings of Wilberforce, Tomas Clarrion & Condorcet Gregoire. Strasbourg, France.Printing press sculpture on Old New York Evening Post Building. New York, NY.Stained glass Benjamin Franklin at printing press in Heinz Chapel. Pittsburgh, PA.
Relief of impact of printing on base of Statue of Guttenberg showing signing of American Declaration of Independence & distribution of printed copies. Strasbourg, France.Relief of impact of printing on base of Statue of Guttenberg showing abolition of slavery & writings of Wilberforce, Tomas Clarrion & Condorcet Gregoire. Strasbourg, France.Printing press sculpture on Old New York Evening Post Building. New York, NY.Stained glass Benjamin Franklin at printing press in Heinz Chapel. Pittsburgh, PA.
Ben Franklin at Craftsman Printing Press Monument by Joe Brown on Penn Square. Philadelphia, PA.Chair made from wood of Kilmarnock printing press which had printed the first editions of Burn's poems at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum. Alloway, Scotland.

Ben Franklin at Craftsman Printing Press Monument (1981) by Joe Brown on Penn Square. Philadelphia, PA.Chair (1858) made from wood of Kilmarnock printing press which had printed the first editions of Burn's poems at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum. Alloway, Scotland.


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