General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD (PROBABLY MAHOGANY)

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

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Height

2.2 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Image carriers

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

STYLE PARTICULARLY POPULAR 1828-1850, USED BY THE LANARK ERA FROM LATE 19TH C.

Canada

THIS ROMAN 'PAT-FACE' TYPE STYLE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FACES TO BE MANUFACTURED IN THE U.S. (THE SOURCE OF VIRTUALLY ALL CANADIAN WOOD-TYPE IN 1928). ITS POPULARITY DEMINISHED AFTER 1850 AND BY THE END OF THE CENTURY FEW MANUFACTURERS LISTED IT.

Function

USED MAINLY FOR DISPLAY WORK IE. POSTERS, SOME HANDBILLS, ETC.

Technical

IT IS PROBABLY THAT THE LANARK ERA WHO ORIGINALLY OWNED THE TYPE, ACQUIRED IT SECOND HAND. IT WAS VERY COMMON FOR LESS 'SOPHISTICATED' JOB OFFICES TO USE SUCH FACES LONG AFTER THEIR TYPOGRAPHIC POPULARITY HAD DECLINED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

COMPLETE UPPER, SOME BATTERING AND SOME BROKEN SERIFS, LOWER CASE "K" AND ? : ; ( ) ARE MISSING From CA of 10/13/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A