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January 10, 2019 - "One of the first Jerusalem landmarks to crop up outside the Old City walls, the Montefiore Windmill was named for its funder, British Jewish philanthropist Moses (or Moshe in Hebrew) Montefiore. It was built in 1857 at the site where the Mishkenot Sha’ananim neighborhood would be established some 12 years later.
It was originally designed as a flour mill, and was part of Montefiore’s project to help the Old Yishuv (the pre-20th-century Jewish community of Palestine) become more self-sufficient. Montefiore, who was devoted to promoting industry in the Holy Land, also built a printing press and a textile factory and undertook many more projects.
The windmill was phased out of use as a flour mill in 1891, after the Jewish community began using steam-powered mills to grind their wheat. However, it continued to bear a cultural significance and during the 1948 War of Independence was used by Jewish fighters as an observation point. British authorities responded by bombing the windmill, an assault aptly titled “Operation Don Quixote.”
Today, the windmill houses the Jerusalem Wineries Visitor Center, and blends right in with its quaint, picturesque surrounding in the upscale Yemin Moshe neighborhood (which is also named after the philanthropist). The windmill is an essential stop for anyone wishing to learn more about the transition from old to new Jerusalem in the late 19th century and the ambitious endeavors of Moshe Montefiore, one of the true icons of the old Jewish community in the Land of Israel." Previous text from the following website: www.itraveljerusalem.com/ent/montefiore-windmill/
Visit to a printing press in Kishinev during a UBS orientation trip to Moldova November 1992
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[1992-11 Moldova MOL92T-60
More shots of the printing equipment displays from Worth Higgins. I was more careful with the lighting in these than the previous ones posted.
Mennonite Heritage Village. Steinbach, Manitoba, 31 July 2015. Includes exhibition “Mennonite Food: Tastes in Tradition.” Photographs by Michael M. Miller
A Cowper Parlour Printing Press. This is #4 by Paul Nash’s count. Manufactured in the UK starting in 1839, these presses could produce a small sheet and were meant for parlour entertainment: for a household to produce menus, calling cards, etc. Only a handful of Cowper’s remain. Two are in the Type Archive in London, which I saw. The cabinet in the background on a shelf is possibly even rarer: it was the type and material cabinet on which a Cowper’s Press rested.
The sutras are in red, the shastras (i.e. commentary on the sutras) are in black.
Dege, Eastern Tibet.