Comments on: Sunday in the Park with Vandercooks http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/2008/03/03/sunday-in-the-park-with-vandercooks/ »A forum for flatbed cylinder proof presses Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Fritz Klinke http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/2008/03/03/sunday-in-the-park-with-vandercooks/#comment-1875 Fritz Klinke Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:27:13 +0000 http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/2008/03/03/sunday-in-the-park-with-vandercooks/#comment-1875 April was kind enough to send me a rubbing of R.O. Vandercook's grave marker that arrived today. It has R.O.'s dates as 1866-1951, and his wife Lue Oatman as 1872-1958. The size is about 10" x 30", and the name Vandercook, if wood type, would be about a 16 line face. R.O. was E.O.'s father, and the one who founded the Vandercook Press that was to become Vandercook and Sons. As Paul has noted several times, R.O. was a staunch supporter of the business in the numerous trade magazine articles he wrote and extensive travels around the country while he promoted Vandercook presses. I have a number of company photos with R.O. in them at various trade fair shows where the presses were demonstrated. Fritz April was kind enough to send me a rubbing of R.O. Vandercook’s grave marker that arrived today. It has R.O.’s dates as 1866-1951, and his wife Lue Oatman as 1872-1958. The size is about 10″ × 30″, and the name Vandercook, if wood type, would be about a 16 line face. R.O. was E.O.’s father, and the one who founded the Vandercook Press that was to become Vandercook and Sons. As Paul has noted several times, R.O. was a staunch supporter of the business in the numerous trade magazine articles he wrote and extensive travels around the country while he promoted Vandercook presses. I have a number of company photos with R.O. in them at various trade fair shows where the presses were demonstrated.

Fritz

]]> By: Fritz Klinke http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/2008/03/03/sunday-in-the-park-with-vandercooks/#comment-1866 Fritz Klinke Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:38:17 +0000 http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/2008/03/03/sunday-in-the-park-with-vandercooks/#comment-1866 I found these pictures (R.O.'s marker is another picture taken that day but not posted on the Vanderblog) to be rather sad, and I guess I imagined something a little more significant to mark these people's lives. I have one of the original Vandercook 8x10 glossy prints at hand showing E.O. with microphone in hand at a long forgotten party, at about the same age I am now. And then to see the patch of snow and the granite marker that signals the end of a remarkable life. Another grave marker I wonder about is that of F.W. Goudy. Apparently his grave was marked with a very simple stone and in the early 1950s there was an effort to raise money to place a more suitable marker on the Goudy grave site. I have yet to find in my Inland Printer readings if that goal was ever accomplished. I found these pictures (R.O.’s marker is another picture taken that day but not posted on the Vanderblog) to be rather sad, and I guess I imagined something a little more significant to mark these people’s lives. I have one of the original Vandercook 8×10 glossy prints at hand showing E.O. with microphone in hand at a long forgotten party, at about the same age I am now. And then to see the patch of snow and the granite marker that signals the end of a remarkable life.

Another grave marker I wonder about is that of F.W. Goudy. Apparently his grave was marked with a very simple stone and in the early 1950s there was an effort to raise money to place a more suitable marker on the Goudy grave site. I have yet to find in my Inland Printer readings if that goal was ever accomplished.

]]> By: Terry Chouinard http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/2008/03/03/sunday-in-the-park-with-vandercooks/#comment-1865 Terry Chouinard Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:32:08 +0000 http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/2008/03/03/sunday-in-the-park-with-vandercooks/#comment-1865 April, I admire your pluck to find the Vandercook graves. Since you're searching out the old factories, you might drop Peter Kruty an email. Back in the early nineties I helped move a behemoth 32-28 in Memphis into a semi-trailer bound for Brooklyn. I recall him mentioning during his visit that as a boy growing up in Chicago he frequently walked by the Vandercook factory without giving it a thought. (Peter, if I have this story all wrong, please forgive me.) I don't spot his or his partner's names on the member roll so best consult www.peterkrutyeditions.com for an e-address. And I would love your detailed directions. Maybe I can put them to use next time I'm back home visiting family. Best of luck and kindest regards Terry April, I admire your pluck to find the Vandercook graves. Since you’re searching out the old factories, you might drop Peter Kruty an email. Back in the early nineties I helped move a behemoth 32-28 in Memphis into a semi-trailer bound for Brooklyn. I recall him mentioning during his visit that as a boy growing up in Chicago he frequently walked by the Vandercook factory without giving it a thought. (Peter, if I have this story all wrong, please forgive me.) I don’t spot his or his partner’s names on the member roll so best consult http://www.peterkrutyeditions.com for an e-address.

And I would love your detailed directions. Maybe I can put them to use next time I’m back home visiting family.

Best of luck and kindest regards

Terry

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