Drupa 2024 is coming soon. But long before Drupa, there was BuGra (Weltaustellung für BUchgewerbe und GRAfik). The first BuGra, in Leipzig, opened May 6, 1914. Notable for WWI, it was the launching pad for the iconic Heidelberg T Platen. #printinghistory #printingmuseum
🖋️ Step into the past with Tredil's Printing Press! Witness the vintage charm of letterpress printing. ✨ #PrintingPress #Letterpress #VintagePrinting #Printmaking #Nostalgia #PrintingHistory ' #ThrowbackThursday #RetroTech #Printers #Artistry
One of our most unique collections is a set of Print Records documenting everything KAS sent to the printers from 1926-67. These dance tickets from 1927 are wonderful examples of ephemera that give a glimpse of school social life. #KAS125 #printinghistory #kingalfredschool
From the Montreal Type Foundry's 'Specimens of Printing Types' (1865) #typography #bookhistory #printinghistory
Throwback-Thursday 2018 – first print off the newly restored 1865 Charles Potter Jr. Country Newspaper Press. Just imagine doing this 10 hours a day, day after day.
#throwbackthursday #printinghistory #printingmuseum #museumrestoration
Japanese-made Man-nen #TypeCaster joins the #HotMetalRevival . Acquired from Ho Sun Hing Printers, BC, this caster comes with Chinese matrices. For over 100 years, the Lam Family served the Chinese community in Vancouver when it closed in 2014. #printingmuseum #printinghistory
These little piggies don’t go to the market. No, oink, oink!
#hotmetalrevival #leadpigs #printingmuseum #printinghistory #hotlead
“Revolutionary Worthies. With Fine Portraits.” Published by J. Grout in #Worcester , Massachusetts, c. 1840s.
#chapbook #childrenslit #printinghistory
Delighted to have these distinguished guests, from l-r, #Heidelberg Canada's Bill Wilson, Mgr-National Accts. and Harold Hoff, VP-Sales&Service, with Len Larose, Founder & CEO of PBI. Looking forward to welcoming them back soon. #printingmuseum #printinghistory #museumrestoration
We started the new year with a treasure in a chest – the #Furnival #Lithographic Press. Get your shades ready, and stay tuned.
#lithography #stonepress #lithostone #printinghistory #printingmuseum #museumrestoration #treasurechest
We had a wonderful time welcoming the folks from Ivan Franco Homes to the museum for a group tour earlier this week. Great conversation, lots of questions, and overall fun. Thank you for the visit.
#printingmuseum #printinghistory #museumrestoration #SummerDestination
The work on the #Furnival #Lithographic press, with all brass frames, is progressing. Once again, rubber bands have proven helpful in the HIW restoration shop. Stay tuned! #printingmuseum #printinghistory #museumrestoration #tgif
What a fun evening we had with the Cub Scouts! Learning by doing is one of the Scouting methods – hopefully, the visit to HIW museum will inspire one or more Cubs to learn more about printing, art, history & beyond.
#printingmuseum #printinghistory #scoutscanada #grouptour
20 May 1609: Thomas Thorpe published the first copies of Shakespeare's sonnets, possibly without William Shakespeare's consent.
#PrintingHistory #ControversialPublication
You can thank the printing industry for air conditioning!
In 1902 air conditioning was accidentally invented by Willis Carrier while developing a dehumidifier for a New York printer.
#printinghistory
One more #chapbook from last week's #archives research.
'Rhyming Dick and the Strolling Player: Being a True Account of the Life and Death of Richard Nancollas' (Nottingham: Printed by C. Sutton, for the Flying Stationers, c.1805).
#printinghistory #bookhistory
New words encountered in a book. : Incunabula: early printed materials in Europe before 1500. They include books, pamphlets created before the widespread use of the printing press and are different from handwritten manuscripts. #PrintingHistory #Incunabula #ThePersonalLibrarian
Pulling proofs from remarkable #woodcuts donated by Log Books Unlimited from #Toronto printing company, Reg. T. Brown Limited. Thank you, Erika, for this generous contribution. We are honoured and will cherish these beautiful cuts. #printinghistory #printingmuseum #Vandercook