Dunkerly press
date: label: Date made
content: 1873 or later
label: date made
content: ca 1873
name: label: maker
content: Dunkerly, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This self-inking, bench-top, foot-lever press, was made by William Dunkerly of New York in about 1873. The press is incomplete, and is missing its treadle and link as well as its inking-roller connections. The press has a height of 13 inches a width of 12 inches and a length of 15 inches; its chase measures 4 inches by 6.25 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Walter and William H. Dunkerly produced a line of amateur printing presses, starting with this “Dunkerly,” in 1873. By 1880 the press was made in larger sizes, renamed “King,” and sold by wholesalers such as W. Y. Edwards. The Dunkerly brothers may have originated the rail presses that became popular later in the century. These, too, were distributed through wholesalers.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Stan Harris, 1992.
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, New York
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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: 1992.0262.01
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0262.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0262
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, Printing
label: Other Terms
content: Press, Printing; Letterpress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 13 in x 15 in x 12 in; 33.02 cm x 38.1 cm x 30.48 cm