Columbian No. 3 press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
label: date made
content: after 1875
name: label: maker
content: Curtis & Mitchell
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This self-inking, lever press was made by Curtis & Mitchell in Boston after 1875. The feedboard and grippers were replaced in the Museum. The has a height of 24 inches a width of 23 inches and a depth of 35 inches; its chase measures 8 inches by 12 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Columbian, introduced in 1875, was the largest of Curtis & Mitchell’s amateur presses. It was sold with a hand lever like this one, to be attached on either side, or—at the top of the line—with a treadle and flywheel. The Columbian cost around $60.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Mrs. Hugo Thomsen, 1974.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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.23874
label: accession number
content: 310477
label: catalog number
content: GA.23874
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Name
content: press, platen, Curtis & Mitchell
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/2 in x 22 in x 34 in; 92.71 cm x 55.88 cm x 86.36 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 in x 45 in x 47 in; 83.82 cm x 114.3 cm x 119.38 cm