From the Lily Press in Seneca Falls, 1849 to Helaine Victoria Press in Indiana, 1973. Radical Dyke Printers Passing it on in Seneca Falls, 1995

[Seneca Falls]: Helaine Victoria Press, 1995. 5.5x8.5 inch print, playfully credited to “Girls at Night” because it was printed at night after the delivery of the printing press, issued to mark the donation of the HVP press to the Women’s Rights National Historical Park at Seneca Falls. This is considered the final product of Helaine Victoria Press.

Helaine Victoria Press took its name from the middle names of founders Jocelyn Helaine Cohen and Nancy Taylor Victoria Poore. It started with an offset press in Santa Monica but switched to an 80-year old cast iron letterpress, “the method which was standard when we were trying to get the vote.” The press later moved to Indiana. HVP represented an unusual intersection of lesbian feminist politics with fine letterpress technique, though it was perhaps most famous for its many postcards on themes of women's history. We have in stock a recent book about the Press, “Women Making History: The revolutionary feminist postcard art of Helaine Victoria Press,” by Julia Allen and Jocelyn Cohen (Lever Press, 2023), which provides extensive details on the history of the Press and its products, including a very useful bibliography of all known works.

Cat.No: 335934

Price: $25.00