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Seattle’s EMP exhibit “American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print” is opening this weekend. The touring exhibit features 126 historic and current posters for concerts, fairs, vaudeville shows and 29 hand-carved woodblocks. Hatch Show Print has been in business for 129 years and is experiencing a recent boom in business as clients clamor for that vintage look of letterpress. CNN hired them to create all the promotional materials for the presidential election. There are several YouTube videos of work at Hatch Show Print, including of course various presses running. This one goes through much of the printing process.

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