Young America "Secretary Press"
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1880
label: date made
content: after 1870
name: label: maker
content: Watson, Joseph
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This self-inking, bench-top, lever press was is known as a Young America, Circular Press. It was manufactured after 1870 until about 1895 by Joseph Watson, of the Young American Company, in New York. The press has a height of ?
label: Description (Brief)
content: Like other Young Americans described here separately this press style came in different sizes, each size denoted by a different name. The 4 inch by 6 inch size platen press was called the Circular.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Stan Harris, 2001.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Personal Impressions, The Small Printing Press in Nineteenth-Century America, 2004.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Stan Harris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0274.02
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0274.02
label: accession number
content: 2001.0274
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 14 in x 14 in; 35.56 cm x 35.56 cm x 35.56 cm