Firstival at Historic RittenhouseTown and Paper First Opening
Saturday, June 27, 2026, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Firstival: The First Paper Maker in America: 1690
Long before Wi-Fi and word processors, there was paper and it all started at Rittenhouse Town. Discover the handmade beginnings of America’s paper trail and the mill that made it happen. The Philadelphia Historic District is celebrating 52 Weeks of Firsts that all happened right here in Philly.
The Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers presents Paper First, a year-long exhibition presented in the historic Homestead at Rittenhouse Town in Philadelphia, home of the nation’s first paper mill.
This exhibition celebrates paper as a material of possibility at the site where American papermaking began.
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The Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers 