GOA--A Silver Lining

Aside from the state-of-the-art technologies on the show floor, Graphics of the Americas 2000 also featured a special exhibit area that paid tribute to the past.

On display was a replica 1539 Juan Pablo press; believed to be the "oldest press in the New World," it was shipped in from Mexico just for the show. Also on display were a 109-year-old, replica Golding & Pearl Treadmill press; an 1862 Spider press, which was used to print currency and stamps; an Edison mimeograph, invented by Thomas Edison in 1876; and an 1823 Washington hand press, said to be the oldest working press in the state of Florida.