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OBJECT TYPE: COLUMN, DOUBLE/6.25X23.25/STEEL/DOUBLE WALL/IMPRESSED
DATE: 1922
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1975.0745.001

MANUFACTURER: Hamilton Mfg. Co.
MODEL: PRECISION
LOCATION: Two Rivers, Wisconsin, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL (PRESSED)

Dimensions

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

Length: 60.0 cm
Width: 16.8 cm
Height: 1.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Make-up
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Hamilton
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Wisconsin
City: Two Rivers

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: GALLEY DESIGNED FOR USE IN MAKE UP IN LETTERPRESS PRINTING. THICKNESS SUITABLE FOR GALLEY PROOFS & ALSO USED FOR JOB STORAGE.
Technical: APPEARS HAMILTON MAY HAVE BEEN 1ST TO PRODUCE THE DOUBLE-WALLED GALLEYS WHICH MADE THEM STRONGER & KEPT TYPE SQUARE ON THE CORNERS & SIDES. HAMILTON TURNED THE WALLS INWARD WHILE CHALLENGE, NOT WANTING TO INFRINGE THE HAMILTON PATENT, TURNED THEIRS OUTWARD. THESE GALLEYS WERE ALSO BEADED WITH DRAINAGE OPENINGS AT THE ENDS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED 'THE HAMILTON MFG. CO./ TWO RIVERS WISC./ MADE IN USA/ PATENTED/ NOV 28 1922'
Missing: N/A
Finish: UNFINISHED
Decoration: N/A

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Hamilton Mfg. Co., Galley, after 1922, Artifact no. 1975.0745, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0745.001/

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