Kelsey Excelsior Mercury 3x5 press
date: label: Date made
content: about 1970
label: Date made
content: circa 1970
label: date made
content: ca 1970
name: label: maker
content: Kelsey Press Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This self-inking lever press was made by the Kelsey Press Company of Meriden, Connecticut in about 1970. The press has a height of 14 inches a width of 9 inches and a length of 17 inches; its chase measures 3 inches by 5 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This press was acquired from the manufacturer in about 1973 by the Museum Docents for public demonstration on a hand cart.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Transferred from the Museum Docents Program, 1995.
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: Connecticut, Meriden
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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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: 1995.0283.01
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0283.01
label: accession number
content: 1995.0283
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Model
label: Object Name
content: Press, printing
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 41.91 cm x 21.59 cm