{"id":2588,"date":"2022-10-06T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/?post_type=archive&#038;p=2588"},"modified":"2023-03-28T14:14:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T18:14:35","slug":"watermarks-now-you-see-them","status":"publish","type":"archive","link":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/archive\/watermarks-now-you-see-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Watermarks &#8211; Now you see them\u2026 Now you don\u2019t&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Watermarks in paper only appear with transmitted light (light going through).&nbsp; The archives have a variety of watermark samples including Crane watermarks, watermarks for other companies, and miscellaneous watermarks in correspondence received by Crane. We will be posting many of these watermarks throughout October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a watermark on letterhead from the Kalamazoo Wagon Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>&#8216;Old Berkshire Mills 1899&#8217; watermark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This letter from the Kalamazoo Wagon Co. was written on Crane paper and sent in 1900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalmazoo-Wagon-Co.-Letter-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalmazoo-Wagon-Co.-Letter-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalmazoo-Wagon-Co.-Letter-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalmazoo-Wagon-Co.-Letter-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalmazoo-Wagon-Co.-Letter-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalmazoo-Wagon-Co.-Letter-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalmazoo-Wagon-Co.-Letter-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Letter about the price of a cutter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the same letter lit from behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-with-trans-light-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-with-trans-light-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-with-trans-light-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-with-trans-light-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-with-trans-light-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-with-trans-light-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-with-trans-light-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>The same letter lit from behind showing a watermark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kalamazoo-watermark-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>&#8216;Old Berkshire Mills 1899&#8217; watermark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2589,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive\/2588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/archive"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}