In case you haven't noticed, I love old things. I drive an old car, have a shop full of old printing equipment, love vintage cameras and analog photography and think that old t-shirts that are almost on the verge of falling apart are way better than brand new ones. My love of old things and old processes is probably one of the main reasons that I became interested in letterpress and old-fashioned printing in college, years ago, in the first place. So I was pretty delighted when my mom e-mailed me this photo that she took while visiting North Beach, California last week.
From the looks of it, this shop has probably been closed down for quite some time, however, I love that the old sign, advertising both letterpress and offset printing is still featured prominently above. When seeing images like this, I think anyone in this industry (letterpress printing) should stop and tip their hat to the history that our craft is a part of.
It's pretty cool to think that we're a part of something that has been happening, pretty much the same way, for over 100 years.
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