Composing machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PHOTO-COMPOSITION
- DATE
- 1920–1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1295.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Directoplate Corp.
- MODEL
- SIMPLEX COMPOSING MACHINE
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- BLX 5727
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL, CAST IRON, GLASS AND WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 266.7 cm
- Width
- 86.4 cm
- Height
- 198.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Directoplate
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
ILLUSTRATES ONE OF THE STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHOTO-MECHANICAL COMPOSING PROCESS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- STATED AS YES ON CARD BUT NOT QUANTIFIED
- Finish
- TABLE PAINTED BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Directoplate Corp., Composing machine, circa 1920–1930, Artifact no. 1969.1295, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1969.1295.001/
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