Kelton D-cylinder press
date: label: Date made
content: circa 1900
label: date made
content: ca 1900
label: date made
content: late 19th century
name: label: maker
content: Kelton Machine Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This D-cylinder copperplate press includes an attached inking table and hanging counterweight for the bed return. It dates from the late 19th century. Its bed (working part) measures 14 inches by 20.5 inches; its cylinder diameter is 6 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The press is said to have come from Louis Prang’s workshop.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Mr. and Mrs. C. Charles Smith, 1984.
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: New York, Brooklyn
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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: 1984.0698.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0698
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0698.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, Printing
label: Other Terms
content: Press, Printing; Copper Plate; Flatbed Cylinder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: plate: 14 in x 20 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 52.07 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 71 in x 44 in x 60 in; 180.34 cm x 111.76 cm x 152.4 cm