D-Cylinder etching press
date: label: Date made
content: circa 1900
label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This copperplate press was made by M. M. Kelton’s Son in about 1900. The press has a bed of 34 inches long by 12 inches wide; its cylinder diameter is 6 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The short cutaway bed on this press is wired for heating. The press bears the Bureau of Printing and Engraving property tag number 538. The Kelton name is cast in the frame.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Transferred from the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, 1963.
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: New York, New York
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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: 1995.0214.003
label: accession number
content: 1995.0214
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0214.003
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 in x 12 in x 6 in; 86.36 cm x 30.48 cm x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 52 in x 41 in x 39 in; 132.08 cm x 104.14 cm x 99.06 cm