Copperplate press, miniature
date: label: Date made
content: Early 20th century
label: date made
content: early 20th century
name: label: printer
content: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This miniature copperplate press with blankets and blanket-lifting pulleys is made of brass and mounted on a wooden base. It dates from the early 20th century. The press has a height of 9.5 inches and a width of 8 inches long.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Mr. Clifford Firmbach, an employee of the Bureau of Engraving, was given this little working press on his retirement. It was one of three similar models at the Bureau.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Clifford Firmbach, 1990.
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: District of Columbia, Washington
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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: 1990.0524.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0524
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0524.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, Printing
label: Object Name
content: press, printing, model
label: Object Type
content: Intaglio Processes
label: Other Terms
content: Press, Printing; Printing; Flatbed Cylinder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 7 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 24.13 cm x 19.685 cm x 9.525 cm