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Mystic Press Printing Office
The nineteenth-century printer, working at typecase and press, was a vital force in the economic, intellectual and spiritual development of New England's seacoast communities. The Mystic Press, assembled to represent a newspaper and job printing shop of the late 19th century, contains the tools and technology of the journeyman printer's trade. From shops like this, with their Wells and Washington presses, platen job presses, and Cranston cylinder press, came the almanacs, the newspapers, the books and the handbills so important to the business, political and social life of the community.