Smith card press
date: label: Date made
content: after 1848
name: label: maker
content: R. Hoe & Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This iron tabletop card press was probably made by R. Hoe & Company of New York after 1848. The press has a height of 17 inches a width of 24 inches and a length of 29 inches; its chase measures 5 inches by 6.5 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: William Smith patented this press for card and label printing in 1842. The patent rights were acquired by the Hoe Company in 1848. In original form the press was self-inking, and had an automatic card drop.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The early history of this specimen is unknown. It came to the Museum under the name “Star card press.”
label: Description (Brief)
content: Purchased from John A. Lant, 1901.
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: GA.09289
label: accession number
content: 36751
label: catalog number
content: 9289
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, Printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 24 in x 29 in; 17.78 cm x 60.96 cm x 73.66 cm