Type, wood
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- OBJECT TYPE
- VARIOUS
- DATE
- 1860–1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0392.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 137
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- HARDWOODS (IE. END MAPLE, CHERRY)/ HARDWOOD VENEER/ COPPER ON HARDWOOD- CELLULOID ON HARDWOOD/ SOFTWOOD (ASSORTED)
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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- Period
- 1880-1970 (?)
- Canada
-
THIS COLLECTION OF TYPES IS SOMEWHAT TYPICAL OF THOSE USED BY A POSTER PRINTER OF THE 19TH & 20TH C. SINCE VIRTUALLY ALL WOOD TYPE USED IN CANADA WASOF AMERICAN MFR., THIS APPLIES TO POSTER PRINTERS OF THIS COUNTRY ALSO. METAL TYPES IN SIZES OVER 12 LINE PICA WERE REPLACED BY WOOD FOR THE SAKE OF COST AS WELL AS WEIGHT. - Function
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USED BY PRINTING SHOPS IN THE PRODUCTION OF HAND BILLS AND POSTERS IN PARTICULAR AND GENERALLY USED IN SITUATIONS REQUIRING BOLD DISPLAY TYPES - Technical
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'FOR AN ABUNDANCE OF COPY AND SHORT MEASURE, HE (THE PRINTER) REQUIRED A PROPORTIONATELY CONDENSED FACE; WIDE MEASURE AND LIMITED COPY CALLED FOR AN EXPANDED LETTER STYLE. SINCE EACH OF THE MAJOR TYPE FAMILIES WAS CUT IN A WIDE RANGE OF WEIGHTS & WIDTHS, THE COMPOSITOR MIGHT CHOOSE FROM AS MANY AS TEN VARIATIONS OF A SINGLE DESIGN. EMPHASIS WAS GIVEN TO KEY WORDS BY EITHER WEIGHT, SIZE OR ORNAMENTATION." (KELLY, PP.186-7). THIS EXPLAINS THE NUMBER OF FONTS OF CLARENDON & GOTHIC FACES. OFFSET PRINTING AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENTS IN SILK SCREEN TECHNOLOGY HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT THE DEMISE OF LETTERPRESS POSTER PRINTING. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- SOME FONTS INCOMPLETE - SEE INVENTORY/ SOME CRACKING & BROKEN From CA of 10/25/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Type, wood, circa 1860–1930, Artifact no. 1979.0392, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0392.001/
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