{"id":2032,"date":"2018-03-01T07:54:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T07:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/?page_id=2032"},"modified":"2018-12-25T12:16:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T12:16:19","slug":"landis-valley-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/landis-valley-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Landis Valley Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Landis Valley Museum<\/a>: 2451 Kissel Hill Road, Lancaster, PA 17601.<\/p>\n

Johnson, E. 2002. Landis Valley Museum. Pennsylvania Trail of History Guide.<\/a> Mechanicsburg (PA): Stackpole Books. Page 28 states: \u201cDominating the workspace is a c. 1826 Ramage press, invented by Scotsman Adam Ramage. It is one of only six such presses that have survived from the more than 1250 presses he made.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reference: Brewer, Fredric. 1991. Against all adversities: the pioneer printers of Brookville, Indiana. Indiana Magazine of history.<\/em> LXXXVII, December 1991. pp 308 includes a photograph and states: \u201cOf some 1,200 presses Adam Ramage constructed, only 4 have been located.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reference: Saxe, Stephen O. 1993. \u2018The Landis Valley Museum Ramage Press\u2019. Printing History.<\/em> Volume 15, Issue 1, p. 26.<\/p>\n