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FUTURE MEETINGS
Apr 13th
Small Works
1900 E. Jefferson Ave.
Detroit, MI 48207
1900 E. Jefferson Ave.
Detroit, MI 48207
12:30 p.m.
May 11th
DPL, Main Branch
Burton Historical Collection
5201 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
Burton Historical Collection
5201 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
12:30 p.m.
June
Off for APA
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In 1980, the members of Monks & Friars Chapel met with Greefield Village to help set up a working print shop. In March ‘22, we returned to give advice and assistance on it’s return.
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A founding member of the Monks & Friars, Stanley (Stan) Cousins was a long time employee of the now defunct Detroit Times.
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In 2006, M&F member Ralph Rinaldi gave an account of the first 25 years of the Democratic Free Press.
Ralph has now been with the Detroit Historical Society for 41 years. You can read more here.
Ralph has now been with the Detroit Historical Society for 41 years. You can read more here.
Will There Ever be “New” Presses?
Gerald Flynt Schulze
07–15–31
Gerald Flynt Schulze
07–15–31
There hasn’t been any new letter presses made in the last 30 years. However, there are a few people making new parts, restoring old presses, and a new pilot being sold on the market oversseas. Will there be new presses?
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