i.d. huge Hoe 1947-1948

H.H.S.
on 11 Mar 19 (11:37)

Writing Oregonian’s history. Need i.d. name and/or model 14-unit 608-ton Hoe, Pacific NW’s largest when installed 1947-48. Three 1948-58 photos at https://www.historicphotoarchive.net/ (search “Oregonian”). In various (max) 56-pg sections, printed black or 2-color with some 4-pg color; automatic paster. What year was it a new model—postwar or prewar decade at least?

Nick Howard
on 12 Mar 19 (17:36)

How about you search for book “Chronicles of Genius and Folly”. History of Hoe.

H.H.S.
on 12 Mar 19 (17:47)

I already did, alas.
H.H.S.

bppayne
on 23 Mar 19 (22:05)

You have no doubt searched the Hoe archive at Columbia University Library? http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/archival/collections/ldpd_4078901/

frameteam2003
on 28 Mar 19 (16:03)

A similar photo in a pamphlet for the Dallas News calls their press sixteen-unit Hoe Color-Convertible press weights a million and a quarter pounds