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OBJECT TYPE: COLUMN DOUBLE 6.25X23.25 ZINC
DATE: 1905
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1982.0572.001

MANUFACTURER: Challenge Machinery Co.
MODEL: RIVETED ZINC GALLEY
LOCATION: Grand Haven, Michigan, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ZINC, COPPER RIVETS

Dimensions

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

Length: 60.0 cm
Width: 18.0 cm
Height: 1.8 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: Challenge
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Michigan
City: Grand Haven

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: IMPORTANCE LIES IN THE GALLEY BEING PART OF A COLLECTION TYPIFYING THE EQUIPMENT OF A CANADIAN COUNTRY PRINTER-POST 1905.
Function: USED DURING LETTERPRESS TYPESETTING AND MAKE-UP OPERATIONS TO ASSEMBLE COMPOSED TYPE FOR PROOFING TYPE AND FOR STORAGE OF JOBS.
Technical: THE USE OF ZINC IN GALLEY PRODUCTION MADE THEM CONSIDERABLY CHEAPER TO PRODUCE AND PURCHASE, HOWEVER THEY WERE CONSIDERABLY LESS DURABLE. THE RIMS WWERE "CHANNELED" FOR EASIER HANDLING.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: COMPLETE BUT IN POOR CONDITION
Finish: NONE
Decoration: NONE

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Challenge Machinery Co., Galley, after 1905, Artifact no. 1982.0572, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0572.001/

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