{"id":228,"date":"2012-06-01T09:44:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T14:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tslacconservation.wordpress.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2018-06-21T15:08:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T20:08:35","slug":"historical-equipment-historical-documentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/2012\/06\/01\/historical-equipment-historical-documentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Equipment, Historical Documentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><\/em>Visitors to the conservation lab here at TSLAC often comment on\u00a0our historic bindery equipment, much of which\u00a0dates from the 19th century.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The board shear, backing press, and standing press are all working\u00a0examples of how conservation reaches back to historical craft trades to\u00a0create treatments that are sympathetic to an item&#8217;s earlier appearance and function.\u00a0 One example of this\u00a0lab equipment is the copy press, discussed in a <a href=\"http:\/\/tslacconservation.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/14\/working-solutions-for-letterpress-copying-books\/\">previous post <\/a>from Summer 2011.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_118\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tslacconservation.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/copy_press.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-118\" title=\"copy_press\" src=\"http:\/\/tslacconservation.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/copy_press.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"copy press\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many copy presses like this one have been repurposed as small book presses in binderies and conservation labs.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since items like the copy press\u00a0still function\u00a0as everyday, working equipment in the lab, it&#8217;s nice to have an occasional reminder of their historical origins.\u00a0 One such reminder came from a book in the lab for treatment this month, the <em>1879-80 San Antonio City Directory<\/em>.\u00a0 Much like modern day phonebooks, city directories\u00a0featured advertisements for local businesses, including this delightful spotlight of a copy press:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_235\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tslacconservation.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/dsc15911.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235\" class=\"size-full wp-image-235\" title=\"_DSC1591\" src=\"http:\/\/tslacconservation.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/dsc15911.jpg\" alt=\"Stationer's advertisement with copy press\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stationer&#8217;s advertisement with copy press, <em>1879-80 San Antonio City Directory <\/em>(click for detail.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the 19th century, &#8220;stationery&#8221; went far beyond\u00a0the notecards of today\u00a0to include a wide variety of writing and record-keeping supplies.\u00a0 As seen in this advertisement, a stationer might offer account books, writing utensils, ink, and even playing cards.\u00a0 The impressive selection at H. Barbeck&#8217;s store even seems to include musical instruments and cutlery!\u00a0 However, despite this charming image, I have never personally seen an angel operating my copy press in the modern day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visitors to the conservation lab here at TSLAC often comment on\u00a0our historic bindery equipment, much of which\u00a0dates from the 19th century.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The board shear, backing press, and standing press are all working\u00a0examples of how conservation reaches back to historical craft trades &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/2012\/06\/01\/historical-equipment-historical-documentation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20,22,45],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation-2","tag-conservation","tag-craft","tag-letterpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":683,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions\/683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}