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The RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection's Acorn Press

An image of an Adams style Acorn press.

An oil painting depicting Benjamin Franklin printing on a wooden common press. He is prinitng "Poor Richard's Almanack."

Matt Schofield, lead blacksmith at Genesee Country Village and Museum in Mumford, NY, creates the wrought-iron hose band.

Image of parts created by the blacksmith Matt Schofield for the Uncommon Press.

Diagram of the Uncommon Press with parts labeled.

An oil painting depicting Johann Gutenberg casting movable type while another worker sets type. Gutenberg's press is in the foreground of the painting.

Field trip to document and measure the Louis C. Roy Press at the Mackenzie Printery and Newspaper Museum in Queenston, ON, Canada.

A glimpse into one of the buildings full of wood at Irion Lumber, in Wellsboro, PA. One of the boards in this view eventually became the press's platen.

Map of historic presses visited by the RIT Uncommon Press team to consult for their construction of the Uncommon Press.