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*Andover's First Printing Press was set up in 1798 by Ames and Parker.
Richard Graber was a documentary photographer of Andover.  He had a shop in the Musgrove building and later on Park Street between 1968 and 1988.  His black and white photographs preserve an era on Andover's Main Street in the 1960s and 1970s.  He passed away at the age of 72 on January 29, 2007.  


*In 1809 Deacon Mark Newman became the bookseller to Phillips Academy.  His bookstore (Andover Bookstore) was located on the first floor of the Andover Theological Seminary. 
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*In 1813 Dr. Eliphalet Pearson moved the printing press to the second floor of Newman's building.   
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=elm%20square%20graber&ft=&l=1&d=0&f=at&av=  ''Elm Square:the photographs of Richard Graber'', 1962-1969] by Richard Graber, Andover Room R974.45 Gra
* ''Andover Townsman'', June 29, 2000 p. 42+.
*A Life Worth Recording; Back in Town, Photographer Richard Graber Plans Memoirs. ''Townsman'', July 3, 2003, page 1,8. (portrait)
* ''Townsman'', February 8, 2007, p. 12. Obiturary, p. 8 [[Media:graber.ogg]]
*"Preservation Panel Honors Local Photographer Posthumously", Townsman, July 5, 2007. (This article contains his portrait)


*The Andover Press and the Andover Bookstore evolved together.
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*The Andover Bookstore is the oldest business still in operation. It is now located in Olde Andover Village.
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== The Andover Bookstore ==
*The Andover Bookstore is the nation's second-oldest, continually-running bookstore.  I tis the oldest independent bookstore.
*In the late 1860s the store moved downtown to 37 Main Street.  From here, the owners also launched the publication of the [[Andover Townsman]] newspaper.
*In 1960, the owners stopped running the printing press that had been established in 1798.
*In 1963, the store moved to its current location at 89R Main Street.
*In 1992, the bookstore was purchased by current owner Robert Hugo.
* The bookstore celebrated its 200th birthday in 2009.
*In 2011, the bookstore began selling "all things knitting," including yarn and patterns. 
* In 2017, the bookstore moved from it's Andover Village Square location at 89 Main Street to 74 Main Street.
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*[http://www.andoverbookstore.com/History_Andover_Bookstore.html History of the Andover Bookstore]
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=6355&t=Andover%20what%20it%20was&tp=title&d=0&hc=1&rt=title Andover, What It Was, What It Is. : 300th Anniversary, May 30 - June 2, 1946], 974.45 And, eighth section Andover's Industries and Business Houses
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=487303&t=andover%20century%20of%20change&tp=title&d=0&hc=1&rt=title ''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric) p. 150.
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/eg/opac/record/454824?query=history%20printing%20andover%20paradise;qtype=keyword;locg=5  ''A history of printing in Andover, Massachusetts, 1798-1931''] by Scott Hurtt Paradise, (Andover Room R 655.17 Par).
*The Old Andover Press. ''Andover Townsman'' June 27, 1930, p.
*''Andover Townsman'', January 28, 1954, page 3.
* "An Illustrious Town-Andover", ''The New England Magazine'', Vol. 1, No. 4, April 1886. p. 301+
*"200 years of pages turned", ''Boston Globe'', December 3, 2009.
*"Staying Power", ''Publisher's Weekly'', November 23, 2009.
*"200-year-old bookstore", ''Andover Townsman'', January 22, 2009.
*"Fancy that!", ''The Andover Townsman'', June 24, 2010.
*"Three books, from the authors' mouths", ''The Andover Townsman'', November 18, 2010.
*"New chapter at Andover Bookstore: Clothing Annex", ''The Andover Townsman'', November 25, 2010.
*"Weekly author visits at Andover Bookstore", ''The Andover Townsman'', February 3, 2011.


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Richard Graber was a documentary photographer of Andover. He had a shop in the Musgrove building and later on Park Street between 1968 and 1988. His black and white photographs preserve an era on Andover's Main Street in the 1960s and 1970s. He passed away at the age of 72 on January 29, 2007.

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  • Elm Square:the photographs of Richard Graber, 1962-1969 by Richard Graber, Andover Room R974.45 Gra
  • Andover Townsman, June 29, 2000 p. 42+.
  • A Life Worth Recording; Back in Town, Photographer Richard Graber Plans Memoirs. Townsman, July 3, 2003, page 1,8. (portrait)
  • Townsman, February 8, 2007, p. 12. Obiturary, p. 8 Media:graber.ogg
  • "Preservation Panel Honors Local Photographer Posthumously", Townsman, July 5, 2007. (This article contains his portrait)

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