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- OBJECT TYPE
- JOBBING PLATEN/6X10
- DATE
- 1878–1917
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0571.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PROUTY, GEORGE W. & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Boxton, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL WITH WOOD FEED BOARD & PAPER COVERING PLATEN
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 93.0 cm
- Width
- 65.0 cm
- Height
- 115.0 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
- PROUTY
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Boxton
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
REPRESENTS EQUIPMENT USED IN A CANADIAN ONE MAN JOB SHOP OF THE 1920'S. ORIGINALLY USED AT THE OFFICE OF 'CATHOLIC REGISTER' INTORONTO, SOLD 1917 AND USED IN PRINT SHOP, LINDSAY, ONTARIO. - Function
-
USED FOR PRINTING IN A SMALL JOBBING OR COUNTRY SHOP. - Technical
-
REPRESENTS POPULAR TECHNOLOGY, AS THIS TYPE OF PRESS WAS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED AND USED OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THIS PRESS BELONGS TO A GROUP KNOWN AS 'CLAMSHELL' WHICH FLOODED THE MARKET 1880'S-90'S. MET THE NEEDS OF SMALL PRINTERS & COUNTRY OFFICES WHO COULDN'T AFFORD TECHNOLOGICALLY MORE OPHISTICATED & OFTEN HIGHER QUALITY JOBBERS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON FOOT PEDAL 'PROUTY', CAST INTO FRONT 'IMPROVED PROUTY PRESS/ MANUFACTURED BY/ GEO. W. PROUTY & CO./ BOSTON U.S.A./ PAT'D NOV. 28, 1871, NOV. 18, 1873'
- Missing
- From CA of 05/31/1995 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- BLACK, UNFINISHED WOOD FEED BOARD
- Decoration
- N/A
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PROUTY, GEORGE W. & CO., Press, printing, between 1878–1917, Artifact no. 1988.0571, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1988.0571.001/
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