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Show MARLBOROUGH, NEW YORK, 1912-19: It was soonafte the purchaseof the propertythat construction bega on the paper mill, usfng as a model, a picturesque, half-tfmbered an Tatchod Devonshire cottage, Afues corcpletioms th slo souniqu and dfsx(nclfvc(nltssenlng that hardlya day passed that photographer ou e to captureit on f{lm, Suffictent buflding materfals wer !oca(edtmth(\dcnhnbcenlefiov?r rom the constructfo of the ston house orthat had been dfscarded when the additfon of the second stor was g Father requied toconstruct hemill sonly conjecture bu he wzxmmldcrmg(heprchase of a wooden efght foot overshot wate wheelinthe .mddleofm\y,,gu Onasingle sheetof Iafd pape he had fzbfl ted, with two-dimensfonal fleur-de-Ifs watermark fnclose ption: "F w simulaton, Father s oo doubt more than grateful to have been presented with this fully prepared beaten stock. Furthermore, his succes (Babia itk adl onal pel D e b 61915, when € ‘boxe each contatning eight pound of pure rag pulp acrived fmmlh renowned mould maker's fir of T. J. Marshall, London, The pulp wa mxdez;dryaspenlblemrcdurewefgh(mwellaxl SRE stock as could posstbly be sent. Thus, he was making paper before an Instead of having to purchase a water wheel, Father, with hs usua o0d luck, was e oot space nstde the mill was o more than 14 by 16 fect with huge open fireplace occupyfng the far end. There was no room to spar excep for the essential papermaking paraphernala Hs tnitial pfece of equipment was a large and cumbersome oak an iron hand screw-press that produced enormous pressure when ustng ce m "tool ased from the Mil s Mach pany s,0n December 29,1912, for the sum of thirty dollars. Th pmxxhada"vzlmhdlamc\‘ mmh aded screvvand doubledog lever eat i s v e ierenemEnglznd heflmflydecfde Digital mage© 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rihts ressrved |