Washington press, Cincinnati Type Foundry
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
name: label: maker
content: Cincinnati Type Foundry
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This Washington press was made by the Cincinnati Type Foundry, in about 1860. The press has a height of 62.75 inches a length of 73.5 inches and a width, at cheeks, of 37 inches; its platen measures 24 inches by 38 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The ornament on the frame of this press shows a shield surrounded by banners, cannons, and bayonets in a blaze of glory. The plate mounted in the sheild reads "Cincinnati Type Foundry & PRINTERS' WAREHOUSE." The same wording is repeated on the back of the frame, without ornament.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Wilfred J. Jung, 1983.
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: Ohio, Cincinnati
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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: 1983.0452.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0452.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0452
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 3/4 in x 73 1/2 in x 37 in; 159.385 cm x 186.69 cm x 93.98 cm