Twenty-four families at Owatonna, Minnesota founded this group in 1984 as the Midwest Sad Iron Collectors Club. It was renamed PITCA in 2008. Today our 200+ family members hail from the United States and around the world. Some members participate exclusively online while others enjoy Internet networking plus traveling to PITCA-sponsored regional meetings and/or the Annual Convention, held every summer in a Midwest location.

PITCA promotes the many aspects of collecting irons, trivets, and other laundry collectibles. Join PITCA

The "SAD IRON" vapor trail from a Falcon 9 Dragon Launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida on 10/13/26. 

From Wikipedia: "A 'space jellyfish' is a rocket launch-related phenomenon caused by sunlight reflecting off the high-altitude rocket plume gases emitted by a launching rocket during morning or evening twilight. The observer is in darkness, while the exhaust plumes at high altitudes are still in direct sunlight." 

PITCA membership includes a subscription to the Pressing News Journal, published quarterly in September, December, March & June. Click Here to view a selection of articles appearing in the March 2025 issue.

The following informative articles appear in the September 2026 Pressin News:

• Scottish Salmon Box Irons
• Interwoven Histories of Asbestos & Dover Sad Irons
• 1903 Catalog Page of Irons
• El Dorado Jones
• "Tuna Fish Can" Liquid Fuel Iron

PITCA members Kate & Kevin McCartney have completed over 100 informative in-depth videos on iron collecting! An Index with individual Links is shared under the Media tab: Kevin Talks Irons Series

Most Recent Video # 104: European Alcohol Irons

• Joyce Statz ~ President
• Jerry Marcus ~ Secretary/Treasurer
• Jay Raymond ~ Editor, Pressing News
• Bill Miller ~ Librarian
• Lynn Rosack ~ Webmaster

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