Name: Free Republic
Brand: Old Try
SKU: FREEREPUBLIC
Price: 44.0 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Drive into the mountains of east Tennessee or western North Carolina, and you can’t help but feel like something went down.

You feel like the trees in the old-growth have stories. Like stories of the Free Republic of Franklin: a territory given by NC to the Government as a cession for the Revolutionary War debt. A land that lived under the 13-star flag for four and a half years. Lived until they couldn’t get enough support to become a state. A territory that sunk back into the fabric of the mountains just two votes shy. A state lost to the maps, but not abandoned entirely. Still there, in the trees and if you look real hard, you might catch a glimpse of it.

Details	Letterpress Printed
	Printed on 110lb, 100% Cotton Lettra Paper
	Individually Numbered
	10% of sale price goes to support foster care
Frame it	Custom or Two Stick
	Allow 4-6 weeks for custom frames
Size	13" x 20"
Origin	Honest Made in Mass.

What goes into an Old Try letterpress print?

Love. History. Cut hands. And a little bit of cussing.

DISPLAY TYPE

Wooden & Worn

We have drawers of 100+ year old wooden (and lead) display type. It has been used to print rodeo posters and labor union broadsides and newspapers. It has aged like a champ - picking up dents and dings that give the characters character.

HAND-CARVED GRAPHICS

Linoleum & Magnesium

Each color gets a plate. And 95% of those plates are carved by hand. Some have fine line work (or just obnoxious repeating elements the designer insists on) and those get machined. It isn’t quick or cheap or easy, and that’s just how we like it.

Happy Customers

★★★★★
Beautiful design & high quality

Received this as a gift, and I'm thrilled with it. I'm proud to be able to hang something that represents my state well, and the design looks simply fantastic. High quality, to the point that I purchased another Old Try print when I saw how good it looked. Would recommend.
John F.
Oxford, Miss

★★★★★
Five stars and nothing less
This was our second purchase from The Old Try. Their prints make for such a warm welcome in our Atlanta home. Each product is made in the US and made with intention. The company (Micah) is super thorough in communicating order & shipping information (and awesome follow-up emails). Love this'un and all the rest! Thanks again!
Hannah B.
Auburn, Ala