Stephen Daye press, scale model
date: label: Date made
content: 1639
label: Date made
content: 1939
name: label: maker
content: Alfred T. Breitengross
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This brass scale model of the English common press belonging to the
label: Description (Brief)
content: Vermont Historical Society (known as the “Stephen Daye press”) was
label: Description (Brief)
content: made by Alfred T. Breitengross of Baltimore in 1939. The press has a height of 6.75 inches a width of 4.75 inches and a length of 5.5 inches. The press sits on an original wooden base measuring 9 inches by 3.5 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Alfred T. Breitengross, 1945
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: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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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.19360
label: catalog number
content: 19360
label: accession number
content: 170348
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 17.145 cm x 12.065 cm x 13.97 cm