On the job with: Bay View Printing Co.

A letterpress sign welcomes customers and visitors to the colorfully painted,105-year-old Bay View Printing Co. at 2702 S. Howell Ave.
A letterpress sign welcomes customers and visitors to the colorfully painted,105-year-old Bay View Printing Co. at 2702 S. Howell Ave. Credit: Jake Hill

It’s a sleepy Thursday afternoon, and printer, typesetter and “poster boy” Lucas Hennessey is in the basement of Bay View Printing Co., 2702 S. Howell Ave., Milwaukee, feeding card stock to Jean: a 75-year-old Chandler & Price platen letterpress.  “This is where the ink gets applied,” Hennessey says, using a palette knife to spread ink

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