Chandler & Price New Series jobber
date: label: date made
content: ca 1911
name: label: maker
content: Chandler and Price
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This new series jobber was made by Chandler & Price of Cleveland in about 1911. Its chase measures 10 inches by 15 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In 1886, William T. Price, a mechanic, and Harrison T. Chandler, an investor, formed a company in Cleveland for the production of presses based on Gordon’s old-style Franklin Jobber. C&P presses, as they are known, were strong, reliable machines, and became the standard for the industry.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In 1901 Chandler and Price bought out the old Gordon works in
label: Description (Brief)
content: New Jersey and the Gordon name. In 1911 they introduced their
label: Description (Brief)
content: “new series”—a heavier version of the old-style Gordon with a
label: Description (Brief)
content: boxed frame (flanges projecting inwards) and straight spokes on
label: Description (Brief)
content: the flywheel.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by W. Bradley Edelblut, 1972.
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, Cleveland
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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: GA.23605
label: accession number
content: 302788
label: catalog number
content: 23605
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Other Terms
content: press, printing; printing; letterpress; flatbed platen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 55 in x 41 1/2 in x 48 1/2 in; 139.7 cm x 105.41 cm x 123.19 cm