Press, printing
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PROOF/HAND/WASHINGTON/TOGGLE JOINT/FLAT PLATEN
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0793.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Morgans & Wilcox Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Middletown, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON AND STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 70.0 cm
- Width
- 135.0 cm
- Height
- 165.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Image transfer
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Morgans Wilcox
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Middletown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
AFTER THE HAND PRESS HAD BECOME OBSOLETE FOR COMMERCIAL PRINTERS, THE WASHINGTON STYLE PRESS CONTINUED TO BE USED FOR PROOFING BLOCKS IN PHOTOENGRAVING, AS HALF TONE & LINE PLATES WITH LARGE PRINTING AREAS REQUIRED A STRONGER IMPRESSION THAN DID TYPE FORMS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 04/12/1995 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing tympan cloth
- Finish
- PAINTED BLACK
- Decoration
- MOULDED LETTERING ON HEAD OF PRESS (RE: MFG) GILDED
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Morgans & Wilcox Mfg. Co., Press, printing, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1972.0793, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0793.001/
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