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Given that next year 2009 is the Vandercook centenary I thought the occasion could be marked in some way - so I thought I’d get the ball rolling - there would appear to be 1011 presses out there at the last count, I wonder how many owners would consider a joint project where each would [...]
I spotted this on ebay 370033826590 – somebody might be interested – what is it?
John
arcane devices
On Sunday March 2, after some research and some guessing, Sarah V. and I went to Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie, IL to visit the Vandercook graves.There was a lot of snow on the ground and the staff was very sure that we wouldn’t be able to find the markers, but we were insistent. So [...]
From left: Fred, Ed, 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, is provided courtesy of Bill and Lynn (Vandercook) Critchlow.
I’ve posted six additional photos of Vandercook & Sons employee gatherings. Once you view them you will agree that Lowenbrau was the offical company beer.
In this photo from a Vandercook & Sons exhibit at the American Photoengravers Association convention there is a press shown with a reciprocating bed. Is this in the era of the Hacker buyout, or did Vandercook make a press with a travelling bed?
Daniel Morris
The Arm Letterpress
Brooklyn, NY
I was printing last night and was wondering what the largest run (number of sheets + number of colors) anyone had run on a Vandercook where you were either hand feeding the paper or hand cranking.
How about a few stories of your experiences? If you can please list the sheets / size / colors / [...]
Just added a new page of Vandercook employee photos. Take a look at a few of the men who built your presses.
This plaque, on a 1919 model 20 (SN 1103, owned by John Horn), begs the question: when did Vandercook & Sons begin manufacturing—-or at least assembling—-presses in-house? Fritz says that he has not come across any documents in reference to outsourcing manufacturing for this period. However, he does have information on later subcontracted production. An [...]
This plaque, on a 1919 model 20 (SN 1103, owned by John Horn), begs the question: when did Vandercook & Sons begin manufacturing—-or at least assembling—-presses in-house? Fritz says that he has not come across any documents in reference to outsourcing manufacturing for this period. However, he does have information on later subcontracted production.
An undated [...]
Many Vandercook owners remember Gene Wenderski, the last Vandercook trained maintenance person at Vandersons, the predecessor company to NA Graphics. Gene literally disappeared in the summer of 1996 as we were buying NA Graphics and numerous attempts to find him failed. It was a sense of great frustration for me as one of the selling [...]
Donald Kerr at University of Otago [New Zeeland], informed me of his institution’s Vandercook made by Pre Press Ltd. of London. His photos show a carriage nameplate stating that it is a No.4. However, the cabinet and feed board styling (and presumedly the inking system were it present) is that of a 215. Interested readers [...]
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