Mary E. found an old printing plate that was passed down through her family. The plate shows a proud Donald Endres. And why would he not be proud? -- he's sporting a smart herringbone suit jacket. The plate was probably made in preparation for his run at an elected district judgeship. Because no campaign signs survive, we decided to make some for ol' Don.
On the proof press, we first ran the plate of Don using a transparent cyan(ish) ink. Then we set VOTE in 20-line Clarendon wood type; DEE (his initials) is set in 16-line wood type of varying fontage. The stars and rules are lead. We inked the wood and lead with brown and red ink and printed atop Don's noggin. We printed on several colors of French Paper Co. Muscletone stock. The completed piece measure about 12 x 16. I'm sure Mary will send you one in exchange for a generous campaign donation.
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