Type, wood
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GOTHIC TUSCAN/40 LINE
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0085.001
- 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
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.0 cm
- Width
- 9.2 cm
- Height
- 2.4 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
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
PART OF COLLECTION OF APPROX. 34 WOOD TYPE FONTS ACQUIRED BY OTTAWA ARTIST JOHN TOPELKO IN LATE 1970'S FROM PRINTER LOCATED ON KENT ST. IN DOWNTOWN OTTAWA. - 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
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EXAMPLE OF GOTHIC TUSCAN, POSSIBLY PRODUCED BY HAMILTON MFG. CO. OF TWO RIVERS, WI, LAST MAJOR AMERICAN PRODUCER OF WOOD TYPE. THIS FONT IS VERY SIMILAR TO HAMILTON'S 1889 NO. 123 (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- SEE FONT COUNT SHEETS IN SUPP. INFO.
- Finish
- POSSIBLY OILED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Type, wood, circa 1890, Artifact no. 2000.0085, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0085.001/
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