Type, wood

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OBJECT TYPE: GOTHIC/LIGHT FACE/6 LINE
DATE: 1891
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0843.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD/ SOME METAL PIECES (SEE FONT COUNT SHEETS IN SUPP. INFO.)

Dimensions

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

Length: 2.5 cm
Width: 2.5 cm
Height: 2.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Image carriers
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: Unknown
Canada: EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PRINTING BUREAU.
Function: USED IN LETTERPRESS PROCESS TO PROVIDE IMAGE WHICH CAN BE TRANSFERRED REPEATEDLY TO PAPER OR OTHER SURFACE. WOOD TYPE WAS USED PRIMARILY FOR ADVERTISING, DISPLAY WORK ETC.
Technical: ONE OF SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF GOTHIC TYPE (970842-970848) USED BY CANADIAN GOV'T PRINTING BUREAU, MADE BY AMERICAN MFR. HAMILTON AFTER 1891. GOTHIC LIGHT FACE WAS FIRST SHOWN BY WILLIAM PAGE OF GREENVILLE, CT,IN 1850 (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LETTERING STAMPED ON SIDE OF EACH LETTER 'A' READS "HAMILTON/ TWO/ RIVERS, WIS."
Missing: SEE FONT COUNT SHEETS IN SUPP. INFO.
Finish: WOOD PROBABLY HAS OILED FINISH, SOME PIECES STAINED WITH INK
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Type, wood, after 1891, Artifact no. 1997.0843, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0843.001/

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