Typecaster
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COMPOSITION & SORTS
- DATE
- 1917
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0215.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Lanston Monotype Machine Co.
- MODEL
- MONOTYPE
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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
- METAL/ SYNTHETIC & WOOD HANDLES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 99.0 cm
- Width
- 66.0 cm
- Height
- 137.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typecasting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Monotype
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO CAST INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF TYPE, EITHER IN ORDER AS DIRECTED BY PERFORATED PAPER TAPE (SO AS TO PRODUCE COMPOSED TYPE), OR IN QUANTITIES OF INDIVIDUAL PIECES - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAST IN 'REG. U.S. MONOTYPE PAT. OFF'/ PLATE 'SOLD BY/ MONOTYPE CO. OF CANADA/ LIMITED/ TORONTO, ONT., CANADA'/ PLATE 'KEEP OIL TO LEVEL OF SPOUT/ ONCE A MONTH STRAIN OIL THROUGH/ MUSLIN AND WASH PAN IN KEROSINE/ EVERY FOURTH MONTH USE ALL NEW OIL'/ PLATE 'LANSTON MONOTYPE MACHINE CO./ PATENTED/ AUG. 4. 1906 APR. 18. 1910/ MAR. 26. 1907 MAR. 20. 1917/ JUN. 25. 1907/ AUG. 20. 1907/ JUN. 15. 1909/ MAR. 22. 1910/ JUN. 28. 1910/ 9 PT2E 263'/ COMPONENTS INCLUDE 'PARTLOW CONTROL/ MODEL M2-J102-10KL', 'LANSTON MONOTYPE MACHINE CO./ PHILEDELPHIA PA/ ELECTRIC MELTING POT/ NO. 26 WATTS 3000'
- Missing
- From CA of 03/20/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- PAINTED LT GREY WITH UNFINISHED SILVER-COLOURED AREAS & PTS & SOME COMPONENTS & HARDWARE BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Lanston Monotype Machine Co., Typecaster, after 1917, Artifact no. 1977.0215, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0215.001/
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