Acorn press, Adams
date: label: Date made
content: circa 1830
label: date made
content: ca 1830
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This acorn-framed press with Stansbury levers was made by Isaac & Seth Adams of Boston in about 1830. It includes a makers’ brass label. Its original frisket and forestay are missing. The press has a height of 58 inches, a width at cheeks of 31.5 inches, and a length of 37 inches. The press platen measures 13 inches by 16.5 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In about 1821 Abraham Stansbury of New York invented and patented a wood-framed press with two iron torsion levers. The press was manufactured by the Cincinnati Type Foundry from about 1827. A few years later the brothers Seth and Isaac Adams produced a modified form with three torsion levers and an all-iron acorn frame. In 1859 Isaac Adams sold his business to R. Hoe & Company, which continued to build the press for another twenty years. The brass label reads “ADAMS PRESS No. 325, Manufactured by I. & S. ADAMS & CO., Boston.”
label: Description (Brief)
content: Purchased in 1985.
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: Massachusetts, Boston
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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: 1985.0498.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0498
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0498.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, Printing
label: Other Terms
content: Press, Printing; Flatbed Platen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 58 in x 31 1/2 in x 37 in; 147.32 cm x 80.01 cm x 93.98 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 58 1/2 in x 31 1/2 in x 40 in; 148.59 cm x 80.01 cm x 101.6 cm