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Oberlin's portable hand press
12018-01-22T20:18:43+00:00Anne Cuyler Salsich, Oberlin College Archives65340b1e79f9df03d291b8de171f6479ab6abb1613plain2018-02-21T18:16:49+00:00unknownn.d.3.5" x 5" (before cropping)Oberlin College ArchivesphotographJohn Frederick Oberlin Collection (30/165), Oberlin College ArchivesAnne Cuyler Salsich, Oberlin College Archives65340b1e79f9df03d291b8de171f6479ab6abb16
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12018-01-12T22:41:40+00:00Printing press11plain2018-01-22T20:20:48+00:00Like those in the Peace Corps today, Oberlin had to be resourceful in employing technologies not available in the region where he served. He built his own portable hand press for printing sheets of text, using imported type.
Here is an example of the sheets of small squares with verses on them that Oberlin set in type and printed to cut apart and give to parishioners and friends.
