Spy press
date: label: Date made
content: circa 1940
label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This aluminum press came disassembled and packed in a small suitcase. Its maker is unknown, but was made about 1940. The press platen measures 5 inches by 8 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The press was cast in moulds for the Kelsey Excelsior, but was not cast by the Kelsey Company itself. It was made for clandestine military use in World War II, and came to the Museum under the name “Spy press.”
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Richard N. Weltz, 1979.
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
topic: label: Subject
content: World War II
label: related event
content: World War II
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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: 1980.0730.01
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0730.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0730
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, Printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 8 in; 12.7 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: container: 6 in x 15 in x 22 in; 15.24 cm x 38.1 cm x 55.88 cm