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- OBJECT TYPE
- DISPLAY
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0499.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Lanston Monotype Machine Co.
- MODEL
- 855 (PROB)
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 22
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MAJORITY ARE BRASS; SOME ALUMINUM/ WOOD, CARD AND LEATHERETTE BOXES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.0 cm
- Width
- 7.5 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typecasting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Monotype
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
THESE ARE SORTS MATRICES FOR CASTING NON-DISTRIBUTION TYPES IN SIZES 14 TO 36 PT. DESIGNED TO FIT INTO A 'SORT MATRIC HOLDER' WHICH REPLACES THE COMPOSITION MAT CASE ON THE MONOTYPE CASTER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Markings on paper on proper right side of box, typed and in black ink "Point/ 12 / Face No./ 3291 / Font/ 51/ Line Standard/ 1300/ No. of Matrices/ 78/ Make any shortage claims on receipt of this font"/ Interior slots are labelled.
- Missing
- ALL APPEAR COMPLETE From CA of 03/15/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- Black card and leatherette box, with 78 brass pieces inside on pale wooden insert with slots.
- Decoration
- N/A
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