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OBJECT TYPE: PROOF/TRAVELLING CARRIAGE
DATE: 1962–1976
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.0118.001

MANUFACTURER: SAROGLIA
MODEL: CANUCK
LOCATION: Turin, Italy

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General Information

Serial #: 6915938-0N BED
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: VARIOUS CAST & MACHINED METALS (BASE & MOST OF FRAME CAST)/ ARBORITE FEED BOARD & CABINET FRAME ON BASE OF PRESS

Dimensions

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

Length: 193.0 cm
Width: 94.0 cm
Height: 107.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Image transfer
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: SAROGLIA
Country: Italy
State/Province: Unknown
City: Turin

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: MAY BE CONSIDERED TYPICAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ECONOMY AT THE TIME. IT WAS CHEAPER FOR COMPANIES TO HAVE THEIR EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURED OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY AND IMPORTED WITH THE SUPPLIERS NAME THAN BUILD IN CANADA.
Function: USED TO OBTAIN LETTERPRESS PROOFS FOR TYPE ON PLATES WITH OR WITHOUT A GALLEY AS A BASE.
Technical: UNLIKE OTHER MODELS OF THIS TYPE OF PROOF PRESS IN THE COLLECTION IT HAS GREATER PRECISION & FLEXABILITY SINCE THE BED CAN BE ADJUSTED TO BE USED WITH OR WITHOUT A GALLEY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: CASTINGS OF NAMES OF MACHINE MODEL, MANUFACTURER & SUPPLIER SCREWED INTO BASE - 'SAROGLIA, TORINO'/ 'STONE, TORONTO'/ 'CANUCK'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE & IN GOOD CONDITION (SOME RUSTING OF BED)/ CASTING OF UNCERTAIN FUNCTION AT FRONT OF WORKING SIDE OF PRESS BROKEN IN TRANSIT - DOES NOT AFFECT OPERATION - REQUIRED NEW INKING ROLLER (?) (UNKNOWN, DEFINITELY OPERABLE BY HAND) From CA of 05/19/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: PAINTED LIGHT METALLIC GREEN
Decoration: N/A

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SAROGLIA, Press, printing, between 1962–1976, Artifact no. 1981.0118, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0118.001/

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