Type, wood
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GOTHIC TUSCAN/COND/SHADED/30 LINE
- DATE
- 1860–1869
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0075.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PAGE, WM. & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Greenville, Connecticut, 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
- HARDWOOD, (UNIDENTIFIED)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.7 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 2.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Image carriers
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PAGE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Connecticut
- City
- Greenville
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- MID 19TH C.- EARLY 20TH C.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
DISPLAY TYPE USED FOR POSTER WORK, SIGNS, ADVERTISING AND GENERAL DISPLAY PRINTING - Technical
-
INTRODUCED IN 1859 BY WELLS & WEBB, THIS AMERICAN FACE WAS DESIGNED FIRST AS A WOOD TYPE RATHER THAN BEING DERIVATIVE OF FOUNDRY LETTERS (COMMON PRACTICE). ITS CONDITION, ANTIQUITY, PROVENANCE, AND COMPARATIVE RARITY HAVE MADE IT COLLECTABLE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'Wm H. PAGE & CO./ GREENEVILLE, CI'
- Missing
- NO CAPITAL 'B, G, W' From CA of 11/02/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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PAGE, WM. & CO., Type, wood, between 1860–1869, Artifact no. 1981.0075, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0075.001/
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