American common press, Ramage?
date: label: Date made
content: 1815
label: date made
content: ca 1815
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This American common press dates from about 1815. It was incomplete upon its arrival at the Smithsonian, but was restored in 1972. The press has a height of 75 inches a width, at cheeks, of 32 inches and a length of 67 inches; its platen measures 13.5 inches by 19.5 inches.
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content: The press has its original cheeks, spindle, plank with coffin,
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content: and bar, but is missing all of its other original parts, including the
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content: nut and the hose, which often carried the maker’s name. The
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content: surviving parts are typical of presses made in about 1815 by Adam Ramage of Philadelphia. The press has been restored in that
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content: style. Its previous owner, John Lant, incorrectly believed it to be the
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content: press used by William Bradford in New York in 1690.
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content: Purchased from John A. Lant, 1901.
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content: Citations Philip Gaskell, “A Census of Wooden Presses,” in Journal of the Printing Historical Society 6, 1970 (census no. 6, p.27); Elizabeth Harris, “The American Common Press,” pp. 42-52, in Journal of the Printing Historical Society no. 8, 1978; Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.09287
label: accession number
content: 1900.36751
label: catalog number
content: GA*09287
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, printing
label: Other Terms
content: Press, Printing; Printing; Relief; Flatbed Platen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: steel (overall material)
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content: iron (overall material)
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content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 75 in x 32 in x 67 in; 190.5 cm x 81.28 cm x 170.18 cm