Philip Gaskell describes 22 wooden presses in the USA in his PhD thesis (1956). An article published in the Journal of the Printing Historical Society in 1970 includes photographs of 18 of these presses. Below is a list of the 2018 location of all 22 presses.
USA1: ‘Stephen Daye’ press
The gallery was not found!1956: Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier (VT)
2018: Vermont History Museum, Montpelier (VT)
USA2: ‘Isaiah Thomas’ press
1956: American Antiquarian Society, Worcester (MA)
2018: American Antiquarian Society, Worcester (MA)
USA3: ‘James Franklin’ press
1956: Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence (RI)
2018: Museum of Newport History, Newport (RI)
USA4: ‘Benjamin Franklin’ press
The gallery was not found!1956: Smithsonian Institution, Washington (DC)
2018: Smithsonian Institution, Washington (DC)
USA5: ‘Robert Fowle’s press’
1956: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge (MA)
2018: Exeter Historical Society, Exeter (NH)
USA6
The gallery was not found!1956: Smithsonian Institution, Washington (DC)
2018: Smithsonian Institution, Washington (DC)
USA7
The gallery was not found!1956: The New York Times, New York (NY)
2018: Smithsonian Institution, Washington (DC)
USA8: ‘Middelburg Press’
The gallery was not found!1956: Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg (VA)
2018: Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg (VA)
USA9: ‘Goodman’ or ‘Bauman’ Press
1956: Cumberland County Historical Society, Hamilton Library, Carlisle (PA)
2018: Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle (PA)
USA10: ‘Ouram’ or ‘Henkel’ press
The gallery was not found!1956: Duke University, Durham (NC)
2018: Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester (VA)
USA11: ‘Ouram’ press
1956: The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia (PA)
2018: Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata (PA)
USA12: Ramage #336
1956: Wachovia Historical Society, Winston-Salem (NC)
2018: Old Salem Museum and Gardens (visitor center), Winston-Salem (NC)
USA13: Ramage press
1956: Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn (MI)
2018: Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn (MI)
USA14: ‘Snow Hill’, Ramage #371
1956: Mrs Albert Blough, New Enterprise (PA)
2018: Juniate College, Huntingdon (PA)
USA15
1956: Elihu Stout Memorial, Vincennes (IN) [Photo is not by Gaskell]
2018: Vincennes State Historic Sites, Vincennes (IN)
USA16: Ramage #630
1956: Columbia University, New York (NY). [Photo is not by Gaskell]
2018: Columbia University, East Butler Library, New York (NY)
UAS17: ‘Shield press’
The gallery was not found!1956: Nassau County Museum, Long Island (NY)
2018: Smithsonian Institution, Washington (DC)
USA18: ‘King library press’ (replica)
1956: University of Kentucky, Lexington (KY)
2018: University of Kentucky, Lexington (KY)
USA19: Ramage press
1956: The Bookwalter company, Indianapolis (IN). [Photo is not by Gaskell]
2018: International Printing Museum, Carson (CA)
USA20
1956: Old Economy-Harmony Society, Ambridge (PA)
2018: Old Economy-Harmony Society, Ambridge (PA)
USA21: Ramage #512
1956: The Courant, Hartford (CT)
2018: Hartford Courant, Hartford (CT)
USA22: ‘ Peter Kaufman press’
1956: Stark County Historic Museum, Canton (OH) [No photo]
2018: McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, Canton (OH)