Surviving Liberty Presses

Information presented in the following is based upon postings to the Letterpress E-mail Discussion List (mainly one by Erik Desmyter on Nov 24, 2001) plus other research. LetPress messages are referenced by author and date.

Owner / Location Model Serial No. Further Information
The Farmers' Museum
Cooperstown, New York, USA
610  Ted Shuart (Oct 22, 2004)
Likely built in early 1860s
The Farmers' Museum
Federal State Museum of Hesse
Darmstadt, Germany
1518  Detailed report
Likely built in 1860s
Federal State Museum of Hesse
Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic, Connecticut, USA
  6293  Detailed report
Likely built between 1874 - 1877
Mystic Seaport Museum
Bob Oldham
Doswell, Virginia, USA
2A  6706  Detailed report
Bob Oldham (May 19, 2005)
Likely built between 1874 - 1877
Bowne & Co. Stationers, South Street Seaport Museum
New York, New York, USA
    Steve Sax (Oct 30, 1996)
Erik Desmyter (Oct 24, 2004)
South Street Seaport Museum
Private collection
France
  8210  from Erik Desmyter
Deutsches Technikmuseum
Berlin, Germany
  8546  from Erik Desmyter
Deutsches Technikmuseum (German Museum of Technology )
History San Jose
San Jose, California, USA
8574  Detailed report
Likely built between 1877 - 1881
History San Jose Print Shop
Patrick Goossens
Antwerp, Belgium
  8739  from Erik Desmyter

Germany
  8853  Offered in a Nov 25, 2006, auction
Paul Aken
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2A  8950  Detailed report
Likely built between 1877 - 1881
Private Collection
Belgium
  9003  from Erik Desmyter
Private Collection
Belgium
  9118  from Erik Desmyter
Plombe et Encre
Chavannes-près-Renens (near Lausanne), Switzerland
  10059  Association d'Encre et de Plomb
from John Cornelisse
Heritage Museum
Libby, Montana, USA
10354  J. Mike Powers (Apr 23, 1999 and Nov 23, 2001)
Heritage Museum
Tempo Srl
Belluno, Italy
10415  Detailed report
Likely built between 1877 - 1881
HIRGO (Hoger Instituut voor Grafische Opleiding)
Gent, Belgium
  11883  "F.M.Weiler / Berlin / New York"
Erik Desmyter (Aug 5, 2001)
Royal Library's Museum of Book Printing
Brussels, Belgium
  11897  Detailed report
Royal Library
Erik Desmyter
Gent, Belgium
2A 12274  "F.M.Weiler / Berlin / New York"
Erik Desmyter (Aug 5, 2001)
Briar Press On-Line Press Museum
Niall Cook
United Kingdom
13171  "F.M.Weiler / Berlin / New York"
Niall Cook (Apr 27, 1999)
Drukkerijmuseum Strobbe
Izegem, Belgium
  13263  Detailed report
Private Collection
Belgium
  13952  from Erik Desmyter
Bibliotheque Universitaire Moretus Plantin
Namur, Belgium
  14463  from Erik Desmyter
Museum of Industrial Archaeology and Textile (MIAT)
Gent, Belgium
  14525  Detailed report
Museum of Industrial Archaeology and Textile
Herwig Kempenaers
Turnhout, Belgium
2A 14631  Detailed report
Historische Drukkerij Turnhout
Private Collection
Belgium
  14697  from Erik Desmyter
Private Collection
Belgium
  15290  from Erik Desmyter
Museum for the Printing Arts
Leipzig, Germany
    Museum for the Printing Arts
Druckereimuseum "Benaryspeicher"
Erfurt, Germany
    Druckereimuseum "Benaryspeicher"

The following are Liberty-like presses that came from other manufacturers:
Owner / Location Manufacturer Further Information
Kner Printing Industry Museum
Gyoma, Hungary
J. Anger and Son
Vienna, Austria
Detailed report
Erik Desmyter (Jul 11, 2004)
Books from the Gyomai Kner Press exhibit

If you come across a Liberty press or can provide further information on the ones listed here, please let me know. Here are some tips on how to identify a Liberty press.


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Last modified January 8, 2007