Press, printing

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OBJECT TYPE: CYLINDER/TWO REVOLUTION/32X46
DATE: 1884
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1975.0469.001

MANUFACTURER: POTTER, C. JR. & CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: IRON CASTINGS/ STEEL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 345.0 cm
Width: 238.0 cm
Height: 184.0 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: POTTER
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: USED TO EARLY 1970'S
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED FOR LETTERPRESS NEWSPAPER & JOB PRINTING
Technical: C. POTTER JR. WAS ONE OF THE PRESS BUILDERS UPON WHICH THE CYLINDER PRESS INDUSTRY OF THE U.S. WAS BUILT. NOTED FOR THEIR QUALITY CONSTRUCTION & OPERATION, THIS MODEL INCORPORATEDD SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AS A PATENTEDD MECHANISM FOR LIFTING & ADJUSTING THE CYLINDER, A 3-TRACK BED, REVERSING MECHANISM & THE USE MACHINE BED-RACK, STEEL SHAFTS, ETC.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RAISED LETTERING ON SIDES READING 'C. POTTER,JR. & CO.', 'NEW YORK'/ PLATE WITH PATENT DATES
Missing: COVER FOR INK FOUNTAIN From CA of 04/05/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: PAINTED GREY (ORIGINALLY BLACK)
Decoration: N/A

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POTTER, C. JR. & CO., Press, printing, after 1884, Artifact no. 1975.0469, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1975.0469.001/

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