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Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum : ウィキペディア英語版 | Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum
The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum was founded in 2000 and is located in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, USA. The museum is run by the Two Rivers Historical Society. It is dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type used in letterpress printing. The museum is located in a factory building of the Hamilton Manufacturing Company founded in 1880 by J.E. Hamilton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Company History )〕 The museum has a collection of over 1.5 million pieces in more than 1,000 styles of wood type. Also included are presses and vintage prints. The museum holds many workshops and conferences throughout the year and regularly welcomes groups of students from universities from across the United States. ==Hamilton Manufacturing Co.== The Hamilton Manufacturing Company was started by James Edward Hamilton and began producing type in 1880.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hamilton's History )〕 Lyman Nash, editor of the ''Two Rivers Chronicle'', asked Hamilton to make letters because he was short on time to order them from Chicago. Hamilton's letters printed so well that he began to take orders from other nearby newspapers.〔 Hamilton is now known as Hamilton Scientific, after the sale by previous company owner Thermo Fisher Scientific to OpenGate Capital, LLC on October 24, 2012.〔
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