Baltimore jobber
date: label: Date made
content: circa 1890
label: date made
content: ca 1890
name: label: maker
content: J.F.W. Dorman
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This platen jobber with clamshell mechanism was made by J. F. W. Dorman of Baltimore in about 1890; its chase (missing) measures 8 inches by 12 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: J. F. W. Dorman started out as a stencil cutter in 1866, then became a supplier of rubber stamps and stationery material, and carried his business up into boys’ presses in the 1870s, and then briefly into full-size jobbing presses. His shop was lost in the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904. After that disaster the company returned to its original line of office supply.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Baltimore Jobber—the largest of Dorman’s “Baltimore” name series—has a simple clamshell mechanism, and an unusually massive counterweight to the platen, swinging between the sides of the frame.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Otto Donner, 1970.
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: Maryland, Baltimore
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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: GA.23260
label: catalog number
content: GA*23260
label: accession number
content: 291752
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, Printing
label: Other Terms
content: Press, Printing; Printing; Relief; Flatbed Platen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: chase (missing): 8 in x 12 in; 20.32 cm x 30.48 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 43 in x 58 in x 63 in; 109.22 cm x 147.32 cm x 160.02 cm