Golding "Official" No. 3 press
date: label: date made
content: between 1873 and 1900
label: date made
content: ca 1873 - 1900
name: label: maker
content: Golding Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This self-inking lever press was made by William Golding of Boston between 1873 and 1900. Traces of its gold decal decoration remain. The press has a height of 29.5 inches a width of 16 inches and a depth of 16 inches; its chase measures 5 inches by 7.5 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Official series of presses included little hand-inking presses with 2 inch by 3 inch platens up to full-size jobbers. This model, the Official No. 3, was one of the most popular, and was copied over the years by other manufacturers. (See also Golding’s Official No. 6, a full-size platen jobber described elsewhere.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Dr. and Mrs. Howard K. Ammerman, 1991.
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: 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: 1991.0379.1
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0379.1
label: accession number
content: 1991.0379
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 29/32 in x 16 in x 16 in; 75.946 cm x 40.64 cm x 40.64 cm