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Event Name:
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Date(s) & Time(s):
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Tuesday, December 19, 2006 2:30-5:30 p.m.
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Event Location:
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Central Library
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Address:
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801
S.W.
10th
Ave.
Portland,
OR
97205
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Phone:
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503.988.5123
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Program Type:
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Authors/books/literary,
Exhibits,
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Age Group:
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Adults,
Seniors
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Description:
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A Printer's Holiday: Christmas Greetings from John Fass and the Hammer Creek Press
Fine press printers enjoy the holidays more than the rest of us because they show off their trade and craft by designing and printing wonderful holiday greetings cards. John Fass, the proprietor of Hammer Creek Press, a small press active in the 1950s in New York City known for its extraordinary typography, loved to vary his designs using type ornaments, typefaces, rules and wood engravings.
From its Book Arts collection, the John Wilson Special Collections has on exhibit a rare collection of 24 beautiful and creative, hand-printed Christmas cards (c. 1950-1961) by John Fass, along with several books from the Hammer Creek Press. Several cards feature handsome wood engravings by John DePol and designs by Bruce Carnes.
For more information, contact Jim Carmin, John Wilson Special Collections librarian at 503.988.6287 or jimc@multcolib.org.
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Space at library programs is limited. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Web site:
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http://www.multcolib.org/about/mcl-wilson.html
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