03 Oct
Ninth Graphic Arts Production Yearbook, 1950
I found this advertisement and saw the row of Vandercooks, they look like
Archive for the 'Advertising' Category
29 Sep
Vandy art
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?
26 Sep
Presto proof press
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 [...]
17 Feb
Model 17
This ad from The Inland Printer (October 1918, courtesy of John Horn) shows a Vandercook model 17 Composing Room Cylinder press and a Roller Series press. Note that the company, founded in 1909, is still called Vandercook Press. It was incorporated as Vandercook & Sons later that same year. The street address is for the [...]