Embossing machine

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OBJECT TYPE: ADDRESS PLATE/SLIDE
DATE: 1929
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1979.0007.001

MANUFACTURER: Addressograph-Multigraph Corp.
MODEL: GRAPHOTYPE 6281
LOCATION: Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 340044F354
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON/ STEEL AND BRASS PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 81.0 cm
Width: 50.0 cm
Height: 120.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Typesetting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Addressograph
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Ohio
City: Cleveland

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: MACHINE SAID TO BE PRE WWII BUT NO DEFINITE DATE GIVEN. ELECTRIC MODEL PREDATES 1929.
Canada: Unknown
Function: Embosses metal plates with name and addresses for printing of labels by addressograph machine.
Technical: AN EARLY MODEL WHICH INCREASED EMBOSSING SPEED BY USE OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR. CHARACTER SELECTION IS STILL A HAND MANIPULATED PROCESS USING A WHEEL FOR THE SIDE OF THE MACHINE WHICH CONTROLS A SCALE & POINTER SYSTEM OF SELECTION (SIMILAR, IN PART, TO HAND GRAPHOTYPE).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: NO From CA of 03/28/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: PAINTED BLACK CRACKLE
Decoration: N/A

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Addressograph-Multigraph Corp., Embossing machine, before 1929, Artifact no. 1979.0007, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0007.001/

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