{"product_id":"papermakers-barker-january-1923-souvenir-edition-vol-iv-no-1-p-h-glatfelter-170-inch-paper-machine-booklet","title":"Papermakers' Barker January 1923 Souvenir Edition Vol. IV No. 1 P. H. Glatfelter 170-Inch Paper Machine Booklet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePapermakers' Barker\u003c\/em\u003e, Vol. IV, No. 1, is the January 1923 Souvenir Edition published by the P. H. Glatfelter Company of Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. This specialized corporate booklet commemorates the installation of the company's new 170-inch Fourdrinier paper machine, described here as the largest machine in the United States producing high-grade book paper. Its pages provide a period record of the project, its construction, machinery, suppliers, and the people involved in bringing the new operation online.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe issue covers the machine designed by Glatfelter engineers and built by the Black-Clawson Company, including its replaceable wire-belt arrangement. It also documents the new 85,000-square-foot facility constructed by the Aberthaw Construction Company, with its boiler house and indoor rail loading room. Period photographs show the mill buildings, machine, and Spring Grove paper mills, while technical material and advertisements name industry collaborators such as Keystone Gypsum Fireproofing Corporation. Later sections include “The Old Mill,” “Common Sense on the Highway,” “Electric Hazards,” and morale-oriented poetry, reflecting the company's early twentieth-century employee and trade communications.\u003c\/p\u003eItem Details\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle: \u003cem\u003ePapermakers' Barker\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdition: Souvenir Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIssue: Vol. IV, No. 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate and place: January 1923, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: P. H. Glatfelter Co.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubject: installation and operation of the new 170-inch Fourdrinier paper machine and related mill expansion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBound booklet with string-tied pages and illustrated industrial photographs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eP. H. Glatfelter Company was founded in 1864 by Philip Henry Glatfelter after his purchase of a small Spring Grove paper mill. Under Philip Henry Glatfelter and later William Glatfelter, the operation developed from a local mill into a supplier of book and newsprint paper to major newspapers and publishing houses. The company continues today as a global manufacturer of engineered materials and specialty papers. Publications such as this one served to build community among mill workers, record technical work, and present company capabilities to commercial clients.\u003c\/p\u003eMarkings\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“PAPERSMAKERS' BARKER” [printed as “PAPERMAKERS' BARKER”]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Published by P. H. Glatfelter Co.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“SPRING GROVE, PA., JANUARY, 1923”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“NEW 170-INCH MACHINE STARTS”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Description of New Machine — Designed and Built by Black-Clawson Co.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eCondition\u003cp\u003eOverall good antique condition. The covers have edge tears and general wear, along with some soiling and staining. The pale cover retains its embossed circular Glatfelter Company seal, though it shows noticeable age-related discoloration and dark staining near the lower edge. The pictured interior pages remain present with their string-tied binding visible; please review the photographs for the condition and appearance of this individual booklet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"P. H. Glatfelter Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45784401182896,"sku":"SG-22102-S","price":63.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0286\/5990\/8661\/files\/img_01_910b5673-e56f-4fae-a8fa-3c870e998e89.png?v=1793991106","url":"https:\/\/juststuffisell.com\/products\/papermakers-barker-january-1923-souvenir-edition-vol-iv-no-1-p-h-glatfelter-170-inch-paper-machine-booklet","provider":"Just Stuff I Sell","version":"1.0","type":"link"}