"Franklin" common press, replica
date: label: Date made
content: 1984
name: label: maker
content: Sisson, Clinton
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This full-size working replica of the 'Franklin' Press was made by Clinton
label: Description (Brief)
content: Sisson in 1984.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The press was made for the exhibition “After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America 1780-1800,” in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, 1985.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Purchased from Sisson, Foss & Co., 1985.
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 City
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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: 1985.0717.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0717
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0717.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, Printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 78 in x 30 1/2 in x 57 in; 198.12 cm x 77.47 cm x 144.78 cm