Chicago press
date: label: Date made
content: circa 1910
label: date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: maker
content: Sigwalt, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This lever press was made by John Sigwalt of Chicago in about 1910. The press has a length of 15 inches a height of 9.5 inches and a width of 6.5 inches; its chase measures 3.75 inches by 2.5 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: John Sigwalt (1836-1924) started his working life in the sewing machine business, then became a dealer in ticket stamps and seals. In 1899 he began producing small printing presses, copies of various popular models. His Chicago-produced copy of Dorman’s Baltimorean was on the market by 1910.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Elizabeth Harris, 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: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0016.01
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0016.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0016
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, Printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 9 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 38.1 cm x 24.13 cm x 16.51 cm