General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

7

Total Parts

8

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

50.5 cm

Width

19.5 cm

Height

19.0 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

HALL

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Oshawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS PRESS MAY HAVE BEEN USED C. 1870S+

Canada

JOSEPH HALL EST'D A BRANCH OF HIS AGRICULTURAL WORKS IN OSHAWA, ONT. IN 1858 TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GROWING CANADIAN MARKET. C. 1865 THE OSHAWA FACTORY EXPANDED IT'S PRODUCT LINE TO INCLUDE PRINTING PRESSES: BY 1868 THE CO. WAS MFG & ADVERTISING 3 SEPARATE MODELS. KNOWN FOR HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS & PRODUCTION, THE WORKS CLOSED IN 1886, THE RESULT OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN & POOR MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. (REF. 1)

Function

To contain, protect and identify contents when not in use.

Technical

JOBBING PLATEN PRESS CONSIDERED WORLD'S MOST POPULARPRINTING PRESS (LETTERPRESS) OF 2ND HALF OF 19TH & MOST OF 20TH C.. GEORGE P. GORDON (N.Y.) DEV'D FINAL CONFIGURATION OF JOBBING PLATEN PRESS IN 1856. OPERATED BY FOOT TREADLE, INKING WAS AUTOMATIC: PRESS COULD ALSO BE POWERED EXTERNALLY. (REF. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Black print reads "A C 20894/ NEW YORK/ NO. 14" Orange and white label partially reads "COOPER & BEATTY, LIMITED/ 401 Wellington Street West, Toronto 2B, Canada. Telephone 364-7272".

Missing

APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE. INK DISK MISSING 1 "TOOTH"; ROLLERS REQUIRE RECASTING; PART/ALL OF UPPER FEED TABLE IS NOT ORIGINAL. A SECOND CHASE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED WITH PRESS BY MFR.

Finish

Unfinished wooden box with finger joint construction. Black print on front of box with a partially ripped orange and white label.

Decoration

N/A