The UO School of Journalism has been the home of an iron Washington hand press since 1915, when it was donated to the school by Harrison Kincaid. When Allen Hall was completed in 1954, the hand press found a new home there. One of my interests is hand-press printing, so stumbling across a history and provenance of this hand press was a little like Christmas for me. Apparently, the press was used to print the Oregon Spectator of Oregon City, the first newspaper published west of the Missouri river. (The press itself is often called the “Spectator Press” after the first newspaper printed on it.) I snapped pictures of the press’s narrative history and of its timeline:
Narrative history of the "Spectator Press"
Timeline of the "Spectator Press"
Accession #: 1996-377, Collection: School of Journalism and Communication, Box #: 1, Folder Title: Journalism Building – Construction
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