Clamshell jobber
date: label: Date made
content: circa 1880
label: date made
content: ca 1880
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This platen jobber with simple clamshell mechanism, has an unknown maker and dates from about 1880; its chase measures 6.5 inches by 10 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Simple clamshell jobbers like this one were distributed by dealers, often without a maker name or with a name customized for the distributor. This press is similar to a press distributed by Damon & Peets of New York as the “Favorite.”
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Frederick J. Schmidt in the name of Joachim P. E. Schmidt, 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.23753
label: accession number
content: 305068
label: catalog number
content: GA.23753
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, Printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 48 in x 30 in x 34 in; 121.92 cm x 76.2 cm x 86.36 cm