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Archive for September 2007

R.O. Vandercook - Posted September 30, 2007

Robert Oatman Vandercook, (1866-1951), was the founder of the pre-press equipment company that bore his name. His interest in printing began when he was ten years old. It was claimed that in high school he built his first press on which he printed the school paper.* While a student at Northwestern University (class of 1888), [...]


E.O. Vandercook - Posted

Edward Oatman Vandercook (1897-1985) was the eldest son of company founder R.O. Vandercook. After discharging from the military in 1918, he along his brothers Fred and Dave began working for their father. The elder Vandercook retired by 1940 and E.O. Vandercook, who was general manager, became president and headed the company until it was sold [...]


Vandy art - Posted September 29, 2007

Here is a nice illustration of a No. 4 Vandercook, with a split vibrator and riders, featured in a two page ad for ink manufacturer Interchemical Corporation. (The Inland Printer, September 1953, p.24-25, from the library of Fritz Klinke). Is anyone familar with the pen-stick ink applicator shown?


Presto proof press - Posted September 26, 2007

Advertised in The Inland Printer (September 1953, p.119; it does not appear in previous or subsequent issues). This press features a reciprocating bed and a belt-driven oscillating roller, but does not appear to have an ink reservoir drum. It may not have been put into production. Has anyone seen one of these? The manufacturer was [...]


Lockup Bar Vandercook 219 - Posted September 25, 2007

I recently purchased a Vandercook 219. It’s missing the lockup bar. Does anyone know where I can find one?


Other Brands - Posted September 23, 2007

As a result of publicizing the gains of the Vandercook census, owners of other brands of cylinder proof presses have volunteered their data and have also alerted me to the existence of additional owners. In particular the “Asbern”:http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/asbern/ and “Challenge”:http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/challenge/ censuses have begun to take shape.


A thousand Vandercooks! - Posted September 20, 2007

The Vandercook Census has reached a milestone: “1011″:http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/census/ presses are known to still exist worldwide. Are there another thousand out there? Is your press represented? How many “Asberns”:http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/asbern/, “Challenges”:http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/challenge/ et al. ? The globe graphic, one of three similar designs, is from a Universal I operator’s manual dating from the late 1950s.


The young Vandercook sons - Posted September 16, 2007

From left: Fred, “Ed”:http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/2007/09/30/eo-vandercook/, and Dave Vandercook standing next to a lathe, circa 1918. This may be the W. Austin Avenue plant (Nos. 1716-1722). This photo, perhaps taken by “R.O. Vandercook”:http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/2007/09/30/ro-vandercook/, is provided courtesy of “Bill”:http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/2007/09/11/bill-critchlow/ and Lynn (Vandercook) Critchlow.


Stanley Metza - Posted September 15, 2007

No long ago I interviewed Stanley A. Metza, West coast regional sales manager for Vandercook from 1960 to 1975. Now 94 years old, he spoke of heading a four man sales team selling Vandercook products from the “30-26″:http://vandercookpress.info/years54-09.html#30-26 four-color proof press to the SP15 which he deemed “a pup.” The son of Polish immigrants, the [...]


Motorless SP-15 on eBay in NE - Posted September 14, 2007

There is a Vandercook SP-15 on eBay in Omaha, Nebraska.  It is equipped with a hand wheel to work the ink instead of the lower ink drum.  These presses can’t carry quite as much ink as the motorized SP-15, but if this press is in your neck of the woods it might be worth a [...]


Ink rollers - Posted September 12, 2007

Hi, I recently obtained a vandercook that is in pretty rough shape and missing a lot of parts, although still great for what I need it to do. I have the two inking rollers that are supposed to be mounted together with the oscillating roller (excuse the made up terminology), but they aren’t usable anymore. [...]


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