Comments on: Crane Stationery: Making a Mark on the World for over 200 Years

By: Crane & Co.

Crane & Co. — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 19:57:09 +0000

Dear Philip, our archivist was able to find some interesting information about your great grandfather. F.W. Anderson Papers was established in 1860, with a store at 34 Beekman Street in New York. Below are links to some of the advertisements for Crane and for F.W.Anderson. For quite some time, they were arguably the most prolific dealer of Crane paper, with customers all over. We have several orders from the company on record in the archives, one that shows the Anderson firm ordering paper for Thomas Edison. He also supplied William Stanley, whose company eventually evolved into General Electric.

https://books.google.com/books?id=eqRAAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA114&dq=%22f.w.+anderson%22+crane+paper&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiG_v2WgavZAhUNSa0KHfPDCnYQ6AEIQjAF#v=onepage&q=%22f.w.%20anderson%22%20crane%20paper&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=bujNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR22&dq=%22f.w.+anderson%22+crane+paper&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjowLDSgavZAhUNKqwKHYn8Dd44ChDoAQg9MAQ#v=onepage&q=%22f.w.%20anderson%22%20crane%20paper&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=E0HOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PT18&dq=%22f.w.+anderson%22+crane+paper&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRw-2GgqvZAhVDgK0KHZ3aCqM4FBDoAQgoMAA#v=onepage&q=%22f.w.%20anderson%22%20crane%20paper&f=false

By: Crane & Co.

Crane & Co. — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 19:45:46 +0000

In reply to grace frizzell. Hello Grace, these designs were perforated on Crane's Bond for many years. We have several designs in the archives at the Crane Museum in Dalton. The technique is called "prick and pounce." It is a very old method of transferring designs whereby a fine powder is pushed (this is the "pounce") through a pierced design (this is the "prick") which leaves a dotted line on the underlying fabric. We hope this helps!

By: grace frizzell

grace frizzell — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 02:17:13 +0000

I found among my collection of vintage craft supplies some paper sheets with various drawings made by pin point. I noticed the name printed faintly on these “Crane & Co. Dalton Mass 1889” these sheets must have been used for some sort of embroidery or quilting—do you any information about this? thank you

By: Philip J Stevens

Philip J Stevens — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 20:58:15 +0000

Do you have any historical information for the period when Franklin W. Anderson was a senior person at Crane Paper? Time frame, title, etc. He would be my great grand father. Thank you.

By: ALEXANDER MILLLIGAN

ALEXANDER MILLLIGAN — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 03:36:24 +0000

I WONDER IF ANYONE THERE REMEMBERS
ALEX MILLIGAN WHO TAUGHT AT DHS IN 1949-1952?
AGE 94
FOND MEMORIES OF DALTON AND CRANE’S

By: Taylor

Taylor — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 13:03:35 +0000

I have an old type writer by crane & co 🙂
My mom was going to trash it, but I told her I wanted to keep it since its not in that bad of shape and use it as decor in my home. I love all things steampunk in design! So I looked you guys up to see if you were still a business. I’m glad you are! Would love to see your museum someday!

By: Lauren Goodwin

Lauren Goodwin — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 14:28:28 +0000

In reply to stephanye. Great question Stephanye! I'll talk to our Crane Concierge and get back to you with an answer!

By: stephanye

stephanye — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:54:37 +0000

when did envelope liners begin?

By: GRAHAM JUDD

GRAHAM JUDD — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 05:08:41 +0000

In reply to Jane. In 2016 we travelled from New Zealand and enjoyed our time at the Crane Museum. And being printers, even more exciting was our tour of the Crane printing plant where all the amazing stationery is made. Thank you so much for allowing us to visit. It was a real highlight of our trip.

By: Lauren Goodwin

Lauren Goodwin — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 21:51:55 +0000

In reply to Jane. Hi Jane, We do! You can learn more information about the museum including hours here.