Union type chest <I>Headquarters Army of Potomac, Printing Department, No. 6,</I> about 1863
date: label: date made
content: ca 1863
name: label: maker
content: L. Johnson & Company
label: issuing authority
content: Army of the Potomac
notes: label: Description
content: This type chest, measuring roughly 1’H x 2.5’W x 1.5’D, was purchased from L. Johnson & Company for the Printing Department of the Union Army of the Potomac. At least five other type chests were made for that unit. The top of the chest reads <I>Headquarters Army of Potomac, Printing Department, No. 6.</I> A virtually identical chest marked<I>No. 5</I> is displayed at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: used
content: Printing
label: used
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Military
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content: Communications
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content: Work
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content: Civil War Field Printing
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: "The Morgan Press Type Font Collection" assembled by Willard D. Morgan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0203.2739
label: accession number
content: 1982.0203
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0203.2739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chest, type
label: Object Type
content: Letterpress
label: Other Terms
content: printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 24 7/8 in x 18 1/2 in; 33.02 cm x 63.1825 cm x 46.99 cm