Type, wood
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GOTHIC/15 LINE
- DATE
- 1891
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0848.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HAMILTON
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Two Rivers, Wisconsin, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.3 cm
- Width
- 7.4 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
- HAMILTON
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Wisconsin
- City
- Two Rivers
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. ACCORDING TO KELLY (REF. 1), BY 1920 19TH C. WOOD TYPE DESIGNS WERE DROPPED FROM CATALOGUES, REPLACED BY LARGE NUMBER OF GOTHIC DESIGNS WHICH WEREALL INFERIOR TO BEST 19TH C. GOTHICS. - 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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HAMILTON, Type, wood, after 1891, Artifact no. 1997.0848, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0848.001/
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