{"id":2485,"date":"2018-12-28T08:40:45","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T08:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/?page_id=2485"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:47:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T14:47:37","slug":"wichita-falls-moffett-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wichita-falls-moffett-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Wichita Falls: Moffett Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Midwestern State University, Moffett Library<\/a>, <\/strong>3410 Taft, Wichita Falls, TX 76308<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a catalogue<\/a> Clara Latham mentions: \u201cNolan Moore purchased this Ramage press from Austin bookseller John Jenkins who found it in a storage barn in northern Mexico. The press suffered surface damage in a fire which cause decades of oil from printer\u2019s ink to be brought to the surface by heat and flames. There are approximately 70 American Common presses currently intact, mostly in institutional settings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Bob Oldham, from the North American Hand press\nDatabase and Ad Lib Press, Moore\u2019s press is the only common press that survives\nwith springs lifting the platen in stead of a hose as on all other Ramage and\nother manufacturer\u2019s Common presses. In the late 1820s or early 1830s, Ramage\nbegan building a press he called a \u2018Screw\u2019 press, which had a simpler frame and\nuse the springs, though the bolts from the platen were longer and passed all\nthe way up through the head of the press. This press must have been either a\nprototype of that idea or a Common press built after he began the Screw press\nproduction. Its serial number is 733,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n