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September 13-14:
The Battle of
Chadds Ford

Chadds Ford Historical Soc.
1736 Creek Road
Chadds Ford, PA

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Colonial Printing Demonstration

We visit historic preservations and schools during their Living History events, and demonstrate an American Colonial-era printing firm, complete with a functional
P R I N T I N G P R E S S.
Your visitors crank the rounce, pull the “devil’s tail,” and make a print that they can take home!

We visit historic preservations and schools during their Living History events, and demonstrate an American Colonial-era printing firm, complete with a functional
P R I N T I N G P R E S S.
Your visitors crank the rounce, pull the “devil’s tail,” and make a print that they can take home!

The press, about 1:2 scale, is small enough for us to pack in our car and set up in about an hour. The prints are a mixtures of hand-set lead type and woodcut (never linoleum!), with a theme usually around the American Revolution. We’re also available for talks about the role of journalism in that period, and some of the people who played important parts in it.

Catherine Sauer
(Denise Wolff)
Richard Wolff
(Rick Wolff)