| Letterpress Workshops for Beginners in Alexandria / see Workshop page |
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| Cover of the box that the playing cards come in. |
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| Letterpress Playing Cards Available Soon |
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COMING September 15th, a letterpress
printed deck of 54 playing cards based on the Midway Midgets, a set of ornaments cast by BB&S in 1893 in
honor of the Chicago World's Fair. These characters were actual participants on the Midway of the Fair. "Midget" referred to the size of the type ornament and not the person portrayed. The playing cards are standard size 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches.
The deck also includes letterpress printed historical material and photographs and was printed by hand on a C&P Pilot press in a numbered first edition limited to 100 decks. If you order and pay before Sept. 15th your price is $40 postpaid. After Sept. 15th the price will be $50 postpaid. Limit of two decks per person. You can pay by Paypal at stuartbradley@comcast.net or by check to Railway Station Press at 105 East Glendale Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22301.
There is additional information on the Midway Midgets page of this website.
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| Article in Virginia Living Magazine |
Text from page 19 of the August, 2007 issue of Virginia Living Magazine: "Railway Station Press uses vintage equipment to produce limited
editions of its greeting cards, booklets, broadsides (the Smithsonian recently
purchased a few) and more. And, for those with a true DIY hankering for
letterpress, they're ready to show the way. Now with two locations, one in the Boyce Railway Station and
a newer one in Alexandria, Railway Station teaches letterpress workshops to
beginners on Chandler & Price Pilot tabletop presses and other vintage
equipment. (703) 683-2335 or RailwayStationPress.com" |
| To contact Stuart Bradley
by email click on the above business card. |
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| Boyce Railway Station, Clarke County, Virginia |
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| The Boyce Railway Station was built in 1913 on the Norfolk & Western Railway. It was built with private funds in terra cotta and beautiful cypress woodwork throughout. The printing shop and offices of the Railway Station Press are located in the Small Waiting Room. The press has expanded to an Alexandria, Virginia location where the workshops are now taught.
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| The south end of the Small Waiting Room |
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| The Poco Proof Press #2 and the Chandler & Price Oldstyle 10 x 15 press are on the south side of the Small Waiting Room. Because of the high ceilings and the large windows there is plenty of natural light for working in the Small Waiting Room. |
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| Norfolk Southern freight train |
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| There are from ten to twenty freight trains a day that pass the station. Passenger service from Boyce was discontinued in 1956 and the station is privately owned by the Railway Mail Service Library Inc. Click on the photo to the left to go to the RMS Library's website. |
| Number of visitors since May 26, 2006. Website was created in 2003. |
| Copyright Notice: The words and images on this website are protected by the copyright laws of the United States. We specifically extend this copyright to the design of our cards, booklets, broadsides and other creative works. To the left, an enlargement of a fist ornament from 1835 provided by Rich Hopkins. |
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