Tree House Treats: August 2011

A SAD SAD MOMENT: Why oh why did Crane Paper Company discontinue making their exquisite 'Old Money' paper & cardstock, especially since they are the only paper company in the USA licensed to do it?

"Contains Recycled United States Currency" the package declared.

And the 24# paper had a gorgeous 'Old Money' watermark
Everyone I know who knew this paper existed, really appreciated it. But hardly anybody knew about it. Crane discontinued it. When I registered my stunned disbelief, Crane responded apologetically and commented that I seemed to be the only person in the country who cared or noticed.

Where is Stephen Crane when we need him in our Day & Age to "make a Statement";
CRANE PAPER COMPANY HISTORY (from Crane website)

Give Us Liberty

"More than 200 years ago, Stephen Crane decided to make a statement. And it wasn’t with his fashion forward breeches or well-groomed mutton chops. It was, rather, with the name of a paper mill he opened in 1770. He called it the Liberty Paper Mill and, for purveyors of our American heritage, was named so just two years after the British occupied Boston – and just five miles away. A tres bold move, if we do say so ourselves.

Always the extrovert, Stephen, along with friends, family and customers, were Revolution tastemakers, expressing their fiery patriotism whenever the opportunity presented itself (a little event called the Boston Tea Party, if you will).

From Patriotic newspapers to Colonial Currency, Stephen’s 100 percent cotton paper was material of choice for all the Boston activist elite, including one Paul Revere, whose engraved banknotes on Crane paper helped finance the Revolution. He would also pasture his horses at the Liberty Paper Mill – just in case he needed to make a midnight ride (wink, wink). "

http://www.crane.com/about-us/crane-company?RPL