Typecaster

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OBJECT TYPE: SORTS
DATE: 1929–1967
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0506.001

MANUFACTURER: Lanston Monotype Machine Co.
MODEL: THOMPSON TYPE CASTER
LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 10401
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 8
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL/ STONE POT OR CRUCIBLE/ WOODEN HANDLE/ RUBBER BELTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 65.5 cm
Width: 61.0 cm
Height: 133.0 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: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO CAST FOUNDRY SORTS IN SIZES 5 TO 48 PT., ALONG WITH QUADS, RULE SLUGS, BORDERS
Technical: THOMPSON CASTER SUCCESSFUL & IN USE FOR A LONG TIME DUE TO ITS QUALITY, SIMPLICITY & LOW COST/ CAPABLE OF NICKING BODY OF TYPE IN ANY DESIRED LOCATION (WHICH MOST CASTERS COULD NOT) & COULD CAST FROM MATRICES OF MOST OF ITS COMPETITORS
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATE 'THE THOMPSON TYPE CASTER/ NO. 10401/ MANUFACTURED BY/Lanston Monotype Machine Co./ PHILEDELPHIA PA. U.S.A.', & PLATE 'SOLD BY/ MONOTYPE CO. OF CANADA/ LIMITED/ TORONTO, ONT., CANADA'
Missing: From CA of 02/27/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: PAINTED BLACK, DULL RED DOOR ON FRONT, DULL SILVER & BLACK COLOURED WORKING PTS
Decoration: N/A

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Lanston Monotype Machine Co., Typecaster, between 1929–1967, Artifact no. 1980.0506, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1980.0506.001/

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