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- OBJECT TYPE
- JOBBING PLATEN/3X5/HAND
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0777.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KELSEY & CO.
- MODEL
- EXCELSIOR/11
- LOCATION
- Meriden, Connecticut, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FERROUS METAL/ PLYWOOD BASE/ PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 44.0 cm
- Width
- 21.5 cm
- Height
- 35.0 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
- KELSEY
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Connecticut
- City
- Meriden
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
HAND OPERATED MACHINE DESIGNED TO TRANSFER IMAGES FROM INKED TYPE ONTO PAPER. - Technical
-
KELSEY CO.'S FIRST PATENTED MODEL PRINTING PRESS WAS "EXCELSIOR (1873). FRONT LEVER STYLE PERSISTED INTO LATE 1980S & WAS RENOWNED FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION & EASE OF OPERATION. TOGGLE ACTION & "AUTOMATIC" INKING INCORPORATED IN EXCELSIOR PRESSES ARE KEY FEATURE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CASTLETTERING ON HANDLE READS "KELSEY & CO./ U.S.A./ MERIDEN, CONN. 3X5/ CAST LETTERING ON FRAME READS "EXCELSIOR", "MADE IN U.S.A.", "MERCURY/ MODEL/ 3X5" ON ONE SIDE & ON OTHER SIDE "SEND FOR CATALOG OF SUPPLIES, "PATENTED" & "MODEL/ 11"/ BLACK PRINTED CARD READS "TTS Charter/ H.S.R. Small G.M. Bus/ Saturday, May 6, 1978/ Board Bus at Sanford Yard/ at 10:45 A.M./ Depart: 11 A.M. Finish 4 P.M./ Tickets $6.00 No. 9"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- PRESS PAINTED GREY/ WOOD UNFINISHED/ BUFF PAPER
- Decoration
- N/A
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KELSEY & CO., Press, printing, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0777, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0777.001/
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