Automatic Rotary Printer No. 6A
date: label: Date made
content: early 20th century
name: label: maker
content: Cincinnati Time Recorder Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This cast-iron rotary press for rubber type was made by the Cincinnati Time Recorder Company in the early twentieth century. It is marked in its casting “Pat’d Oct. 11 1904." The press has a height of 8.5 inches high by 8.5 inches wide and 16 inches long.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Automatic Rotary Printer took short rubber-stamp type, which was fitted in metal slots arranged around the press cylinder. The type was inked with stamp-pad ink, and printed on a roll of paper. The press was made with a dual purpose—office use, and children’s play. With the young printers, at least, it was popular for half a century.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Robert Vogel, 1983.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0841.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0841.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0841
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, Printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in x 16 in; 21.59 cm x 21.59 cm x 40.64 cm