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OBJECT TYPE: VARIOUS
DATE: 1906
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0818.001

MANUFACTURER: Hamilton Mfg. Co.
MODEL: CHELTENHAM
LOCATION: Two Rivers, Wisconsin, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 15
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Rock maple, end-wood.

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Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Image carriers
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Manufacturer

AKA: Hamilton
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Wisconsin
City: Two Rivers

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: USED EXTENSIVELY 1906-1950'S (LATER DATE BY "COUNTRY" PRINTERS PARTICULARLY)
Canada: "WORKHORSE" TYPEFACE USED BY CDN. PRINTERS FOR TEXT & DISPLAY. CHELTENHAM REMAINED POPULAR FOR ALMOST HALF A CENTURY.
Function: Cheltenham wood type was used as a display face in advertising, titling, posterwork, etc.
Technical: CHELTENHAM REFERED TO AS THE FIRST OF THE MASS PRODUCED FACES (IE., HAND-SET IN FOUNDRY & WOOD; LUDLOW, LINOTYPE, ETC.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "Hamilton/Two/Rivers, Wis." stamped on side of capital "A". Use of 3-line mfr's stamp dates Hamilton to a post - 1891 peroid, although these types are of a much later date.
Missing: From CA of 11/02/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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