![]() ![]() ![]() If you want to be part of the trade, there are traditions you have to learn. Printing is at the center of 17th century culture, and there is constant talk about religion, government and all the great issues of the day. Still, you’re glad you work here because it’s the most interesting place in the city. Your hours are long, the work is hard, and the rules are strict. Imagine, for a few moments, what it was like to work in a printing “chapel” during the time of Benjamin Franklin. Mills, Public Domain, Library of Congress). ![]() The young man pulling the press bar in this lithograph is Benjamin Franklin, who, as a journeyman, worked at John Watt’s London printing company in 1725. One man is setting type (left) another is pulling the press bar (also called the devil’s tail) and a third is preparing ink with two beaters (right). ![]()
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