Swiftset Rotary Printing Press, model 8502
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1940s
label: date made
content: ca1940s
label: date made
content: ca1950
label: date made
content: ca 1950
name: label: maker
content: Superior Type Company
label: maker
content: Superior Type Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This children's tin-plate rotary press for rubber type, with original box and equipment, was made by the Superior Type Company in Chicago in the mid-20th century. The press has a height of 5 inches and a length of 15 inches and a width of 8 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Swiftset Rotary Printing Press, model No. 8502, is similar to other tin-plate presses recorded separately, the Ace and Cub presses, both sold by the Superior Marking Equipment Company.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Mrs. Marabeth S. Finn
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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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: Gift of Mrs. Marabeth S. Finn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0266.01
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0266.01
label: accession number
content: 1998.0266
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: sheet steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 8 in x 15 in; 12.7 cm x 20.32 cm x 38.1 cm