{"id":2600,"date":"2022-10-26T14:56:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T18:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/?post_type=archive&#038;p=2600"},"modified":"2023-03-28T14:14:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T18:14:53","slug":"washington-watermark","status":"publish","type":"archive","link":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/archive\/washington-watermark\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Watermark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Watermarks in paper only appear with transmitted light (light going through). Here is a watermark from 1876 found in a letter to Crane from Powers Paper Company, requesting to purchase &#8216;Note&#8217; or &#8216;Letter&#8217; paper. <\/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\/full-Washington-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/full-Washington-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/full-Washington-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/full-Washington-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/full-Washington-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/full-Washington-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/full-Washington-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Watermark of George Washington on a horse 1776 * 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the full letter.<\/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\/full-washington-letter-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/full-washington-letter-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/full-washington-letter-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/full-washington-letter-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/full-washington-letter-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/full-washington-letter-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/full-washington-letter-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Letter to Crane from the Powers Paper Company<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Calvert-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2604\" width=\"660\" height=\"598\"\/><figcaption>Watermark of a paint palette and &#8216;Calvert Lith. Co.<\/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\/calvert-letter-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calvert-letter-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calvert-letter-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calvert-letter-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calvert-letter-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calvert-letter-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calvert-letter-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Letter from Calvert<\/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\/Insurance-watermark-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Insurance-watermark-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Insurance-watermark-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Insurance-watermark-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Insurance-watermark-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Insurance-watermark-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Insurance-watermark-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Watermark East Hartford Linen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2601,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive\/2600"}],"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\/2601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}