Original Rubber Stamp show Carson, CA 11.9.19 featuring 1930s "field typewriter"

These aren't just classic wooden backed rubber stamps from craft and school projects.

An email message from a vintage typewriter vendor I met at the LA Printer's Fair in October, http://stuartngbooks.blogspot.com/2019/10/la-printers-fair-2019-intl-printing.html
put this Rubber Stamp show on my radar.

It's held at the Carson Civic Center. Admission is only $9 for one day, with free parking.

See some history about the show and highlights of in person activities in this cool video...

More info and show dates on this website:

https://astampinthehand.com/

This show features how-to demos for serious stampers and scrapbookers

who use the intricate stamps, along with markers and embellishments, to create amazing 3-D greeting cards and decorations.

 

 The greeting cards were display only -- which was a bummer because I wanted to buy many of them.

 Displays were often grouped by seasonal themes or subject matter...

Most booths would show finished examples...

that started with the stamps and supplies they sell...

Another hands-on opportunity was this letter press greeting card display at the table for the International Printing Museum.

The Typewriter Guys had a booth here too and many vintage treasures found new homes via this show... https://typewriterguys.com/

This 1920s decor item pictured below with the case referenced in note above...

Their inventory is always changing, so each time they exhibit you get to discover more connections with these amazing historical machines.
Where else can you see gems like this 1930s classic "field typewriter."

 This particular one is a 1939 Underwood Champion.

Field typewriters came with a case that converts in to a standing desk. With a side table! This writer's war horse came home with me. I've wanted a vintage typewriter for decades. Trouble is, I rarely have enough clear tabletop or desk space to properly display one. When I saw this beauty and learned about the history of these typewriters -- favorites of war correspondents, as well as naturalists who took them on safari, and authors of all sorts --I was won over.

I have a special writing project planned for this inspiring artifact... stay tuned....