General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WITH WOOD FEED BOARD & PAPER COVERING PLATEN

Dimensions

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

Length

93.0 cm

Width

65.0 cm

Height

115.0 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

PROUTY

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Boxton

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

REPRESENTS EQUIPMENT USED IN A CANADIAN ONE MAN JOB SHOP OF THE 1920'S. ORIGINALLY USED AT THE OFFICE OF 'CATHOLIC REGISTER' INTORONTO, SOLD 1917 AND USED IN PRINT SHOP, LINDSAY, ONTARIO.

Function

USED FOR PRINTING IN A SMALL JOBBING OR COUNTRY SHOP.

Technical

REPRESENTS POPULAR TECHNOLOGY, AS THIS TYPE OF PRESS WAS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED AND USED OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THIS PRESS BELONGS TO A GROUP KNOWN AS 'CLAMSHELL' WHICH FLOODED THE MARKET 1880'S-90'S. MET THE NEEDS OF SMALL PRINTERS & COUNTRY OFFICES WHO COULDN'T AFFORD TECHNOLOGICALLY MORE OPHISTICATED & OFTEN HIGHER QUALITY JOBBERS

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON FOOT PEDAL 'PROUTY', CAST INTO FRONT 'IMPROVED PROUTY PRESS/ MANUFACTURED BY/ GEO. W. PROUTY & CO./ BOSTON U.S.A./ PAT'D NOV. 28, 1871, NOV. 18, 1873'

Missing

From CA of 05/31/1995 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

BLACK, UNFINISHED WOOD FEED BOARD

Decoration

N/A