Bonanza press
date: label: date made
content: between 1880 and 1900
label: date made
content: ca 1880 - 1900
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This rail press by an unknown maker dates from between 1880 and 1900. It is marked “Bonanza”’ in its casting. The press, on a Museum-made base, has a height of 7 inches a width of 4 inches and a length of 11.5 inches; its chase measures 2 inches by 3.5 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Rail presses were simple, cast-iron toys sold through novelty dealers for about one dollar. They took full-size or, later, half-length printer’s type. Rail presses, manufactured to stand on a full length strip of metal, were produced in large numbers and varieties between about 1880 and 1900, after which presses made for rubber type became more popular. The rail-press makers are usually unknown.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by John C. and James C. Draper, 1973.
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
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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: John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.23864.160
label: catalog number
content: GA.23864.160
label: catalog number
content: GA.23864.003
label: accession number
content: 304826
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case with type
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Name
content: stamp, hand
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 4 in x 11 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 10.16 cm x 29.21 cm