Type, wood
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ANTIQUE/5,6,8,10,12 LINE
- DATE
- 1891
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.1068.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HAMILTON
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Two Rivers, Wisconsin, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 20
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.5 WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Image carriers
- 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
-
To provide an image which can be transferred repeatedly to paper or other surface. wood type used primarily for advertising, display work etc. - Technical
-
Example of an antique display face/ the early antiques provided the foundation for a major portion of the popular 19th century display faces/ the first antique wood type was shown by Darius Wells in his 1928 catalogue/ the condensed style was first shown in 1838 and the extra-condensed in 1840. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1,.3-.5 THE 'A's ARE STAMPED 'HAMILTON/ TWO/ RIVERS WIS.'
- Missing
- .3 MISSING '5' From CA of 11/02/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- .1-.5 PROBABLY ORIGINALLY OILED FINISH, MOST PIECES NOW QUITE MARKED WITH INK
- Decoration
- N/A
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HAMILTON, Type, wood, after 1891, Artifact no. 1975.1068, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.1068.001/
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