Washington press, Cincinnati Type Foundry
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
name: label: maker
content: Cincinnati Type Foundry
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This press was made by the Cincinnati Type Foundry in about 1860. The press has a height of 68.5 inches a length of 78.5 inches and a width, at cheeks, of 38 inches; its platen measures 26 inches by 42 inches. There is a large painted white “F” on both the head and the platen.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The press sports an oval ornament with an eagle and banners, on the front of the frame, similar to that on the Taylor press. The back includes an eagle with cornucopias.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Wayne Opdyke, 1978.
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: Ohio, Cincinnati
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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: 1978.2124.01
label: catalog number
content: 1978.2124.01
label: accession number
content: 1978.2124
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Machine, Printing Press, Parts of, Batch of
label: Object Name
content: machine, press, printing, parts of, batch of
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 68 1/2 in x 78 1/2 in x 38 in; 173.99 cm x 199.39 cm x 96.52 cm