Rag Collection at Sunday Open Streets at Rittenhouse Square
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Donate cotton and linen fabric to be processed and made into sheets of paper. This community-wide rag collection mimics the papermaking process in 1770s when rag collectors circulated the city to collect the base material for making paper pulp.
Bring your donations our table at Sunday Open Streets at Rittenhouse Square on Sunday, 9/28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can also learn more about David Rittenhouse with Friends of Rittenhouse Square, participate in a papermaking demonstration with Historic Rittenhouse Town, and interact with David Rittenhouse himself via an impersonator.
We will also have a donation table at following:
- Saturday 11/1, 11 am to 5 pm
Mitten Hall at Temple University, 1913 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia PA
Historic Rittenhouse Town with PA Flax Project
- Sunday, 11/2
208 Lincoln Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19144
- Wednesday, 12/3
- Saturday, 12/20
4700 Kingsessing Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19143
Open Studio Sessions at Common Press.
(If you don't have a PennCard, you will need to bring a photo ID and sign in at the security desk at Fisher Fine Arts for access. See University access guidelines here.)
- Friday, 10/3 12 to 2 p.m.
- Friday, 11/7 , 12 to 2 p.m.
- Wednesday, 12/3, 12 to 2 p.m.
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This program is part of Common Press’s The Typography of Independence program. Check here for the full calendar of events.
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The Typography of Independence
Join the University of Pennsylvania’s Common Press for The Typography of Independence, a year-long program celebrating Revolutionary era papermaking and printing techniques that made the first edition of the Declaration of Independence. Through free, public hands-on workshops and live demonstrations, we invite the Penn community and all Philadelphians to explore the production of this locally-made document that announced the colonies' independence to the world.
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