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- OBJECT TYPE
- COLUMN, SINGLE/BRASS
- DATE
- 1889
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0121.001
- MANUFACTURER
- LIBERTY MACHINE WORKS
- MODEL
- LIBERTY
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, 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
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 61.0 cm
- Width
- 10.8 cm
- Height
- 1.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Make-up
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- LIBERTY
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- USED OCCASIONALLY UNTIL DATE OF ACQUISITION BY MUSEUM
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO HOLD COMPOSED TYPE FOR A SINGLE NEWSPAPER COLUMN - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF THE ATTEMPT TO CREATE THE "INDESTRUCTABLE" GALLEY. THE LIBERTY OF THE LATE 1880'S INCORPORATED THE PATENTED USE OF RIVETS AND A NOTCHED HEAD TO ENSURE THAT THE HEAD AND SIDES WOULD NOT SEPARATE DURING USE BUT REMAIN RIGID. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- NO
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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LIBERTY MACHINE WORKS, Galley, circa 1889, Artifact no. 1981.0121, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0121.001/
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