Vandercook Model 4T proof press
date: label: Date made
content: circa 1940
label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: Vandercook & Sons, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This cylinder proof press was made by Vandercook & Sons, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois after about 1940. The press bed measures 15 inches by 35 inches; its maximum sheet measures 14.75 inches by 20 inches; its maximum form measures 14 inches by 18 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The press was designed "to pull transparency proofs of type on transparent acetate or glassine. The proofs could then be contacted to film for offset negatives."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Purchased in 1983.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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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: 1983.3026.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3026
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3026.01
label: serial number
content: 13568
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, Printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 45 in x 76 1/2 in x 36 in; 114.3 cm x 194.31 cm x 91.44 cm