General Information

Serial #

8111

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, WITH SYNTHETIC, RUBBER (?), LEATHER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

111.5 cm

Width

89.0 cm

Height

123.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

LUDLOW

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO CAST A LINE OF TYPE FROM A SERIES OF MATRICES WHICH ARE COMPOSED & PLACED IN THE MACHINE BY HAND/ INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR DISPLAY TYPE

Technical

THE ADVANTAGES OF THE LUDLOW SYSTEM INCLUDED THE ABILITYTO PRODUCE LINES OF TYPE AT LEAST TWICE AS FAST AS IF SETTNG TYPE BY HAND; A SAVING IN FLOOR SPACE, AS 1 MACHINE & 1 OR 2 CABINETS COULD REPLACE UP TO 4-6 OF THE OLD-FASHIONED TYPE STANDS/ IT WAS ALSO VERY USEFUL IN JOB WORK, AS THEREWAS NEVER A SHORTAGE OF SORTS

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE 'LUDLOW/TYPOGRAPH MACHINE/ MANUFACTURED AND SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY/ LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH CO./ 2032 CLYBOURN AVE., CHICAGO, U.S.A./ MACHINE NO. 8111/ PATENTED IN U.S.A./ AND OTHER COUNTRIES', 'CSA-APP./ NO. 4084'/ CAST IN 'LUDLOW'/ COMPONENT MKGS INCLUDE 'CRUCIBLE NO. 7264/ VOLTS 220 AC/ AMPS 10 CYCLES 60/ LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH CO./ CHICAGO, U.S.A.', 'CSA-APP./ NO. 4084'/ 'CYCLES 60/ VOLTS 230/ AMP 12/ PHASE 1/ CUTLER-HAMMER/ CONTROL...', '...VOLTS/ 200/260.../ CUTLER-HAMMER/ CONTROL'

Missing

From CA of 01/06/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

PAINTED GREEN, SILVER COLOURED SURFACE, WORKING PTS, BLACK & SILVER-COLOURED HARDWARE

Decoration

N/A