Show ancient printing press comes to T r Z 0 am washington hand tress still ble after generations of use se has been added to the museum at brigham brig ham toune university sity photo shows press beins operated by P F howard of 0 Card carlston cardest st alberta canada president ot of th the 1901 Y dab club and aad professor H X R head bcd of oc the or of Journal ims what a year old washing ton hand press can still do I 1 will be shown delegates to the first I 1 conference af high school journalists at bi brigham bigham young university on march mara 30 still capable of good work after a century the she veteran was recently secured for the Y museum by professor H R merrill head of the division of journalism it came from the inland printing company kaysville Kays ville where it has been used for several years as a proof press the press was manufactured about 1830 according to what little history concerning it can be found features of the washington hand press were invented by peter smith in 1822 when he found the means of substituting the lever shown in the picture for the old time screw which was used in making the impression in 1827 samuel rust improved and sold it to R hoe and company who added a few improvements and built the first press with the name washington hand press this hoe press was used for the finest printing until the middle of the century when it was replaced by the power cylinder press visitors to the journalists conference r which is for all editors managers and supervisors of high school publications in this region will be ii presented resented with a souvenir printed on theold the old press it is planned |