Model No. 1
date: label: Date made
content: 1890
name: label: maker
content: Daughaday, William
label: maker
content: Clark, William
label: maker
content: Clark, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Hand-inking lever press, made by William Clark and Joshua Daughaday, Philadelphia, 1876.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Model press was invented and patented in 1874 by William Clark, Philadelphia, who went into business for its production with Joshau Daughaday, a publisher. The press was intended for tradesmen and amateurs (including children), two groups outside the ordinary printing trade. It came in a range of sizes and models, from hand-inking card presses to full-sized job presses, and was produced well into the twentieth century.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Gilder, 1996
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Work
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content: Communications
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0034.01
label: accession number
content: 1996.0034
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0034.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Model
label: Object Name
content: Press, printing
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 in x 17 in x 23 1/2 in; 81.28 cm x 43.18 cm x 59.69 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/2 in x 30 in x 14 1/2 in; 59.69 cm x 76.2 cm x 36.83 cm