Gutenberg Press, miniature
date: label: Date made
content: late 19th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Miniature wooden model of hypothetical press, late 19th century.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Height 12
label: Description (Brief)
content: There is no direct record of Gutenberg’s press. This simple
label: Description (Brief)
content: model is based on a popular nineteenth-century image. It has a
label: Description (Brief)
content: massive wooden screw like a paper press, but no provision for
label: Description (Brief)
content: moving the type smoothly into position, adjusting the impression,
label: Description (Brief)
content: or holding the platen steady in its descent.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Deposited by Department of the Interior, 1906
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: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.11015
label: catalog number
content: 11015
label: accession number
content: 46812
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Model; Press, printing
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 7 in x 10 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 17.78 cm x 26.67 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 10 1/4 in x 6 5/8 in; 30.48 cm x 26.035 cm x 16.8275 cm