Boog Highberger sent in these pictures of Dora his perforator - Thanks Boog
Dora (short for La Perforadora). One shot shows her in her natural habitat and the other shows her being transported by mad bicycle scientist Eric Farnsworth to a local (Lawrence, Kansas) collective art space called The Percolator (http://lawrence-percolator.blogspot.com/), where she was the star of a show on mail art & artistamps this May. She was made by Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, and I would guess that she is around 100 years old. I got her from a local printer named John Naramore, who had bought it at a going-out-of-business sale at a small Kansas print shop & had had it sitting in his barn for years.
Great project- it was fun reading about other people's machines. I think everyone should have one, and I wish it were possible.
Boog Highberger
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Oops-- I forgot give credit to the inimitable Andrea Repinsky for the great perforator photos. Boog
We have a Rosback Perforator Pat. Aug. 7, 1888. If you are interested or know anybody that is please call
724-523-6311 or email: wbanzhaf@verizon.net. We are located in the pittsburgh, PA area. We also have a Tabletop Hand Proof Press.
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