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OBJECT TYPE: PROOF/HAND/WASHINGTON/TOGGLE JOINT/FLAT PLATEN
DATE: 1898
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1972.0792.001

MANUFACTURER: Shniedewend, Paul & Co.
MODEL: 20TH CENTURY RELIANCE
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 1146
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON, STEEL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 116.8 cm
Width: 68.6 cm
Height: 175.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Image transfer
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Shniedewend
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED PARTICULARLY FOR TAKING PROOFS OF HALF-TONE & PROCESS CUTS
Technical: AFTER HAND PRESS BECAME OBSOLETE FOR COMMERCIAL PRINTERS, WASHINGTON PRESS CONTINUED TO BE USED FOR PROOFING BLOCKS IN PHOTO-ENGRAVING - AS HALF-TONE & LINE PLATES WITH LARGE PRINTING AREAS REQUIRED A STRONGER IMPRESSION THAN DID TYPE FORMS/ SHNIEDEWEND PRODUCED SOME OF HEAVIEST HAND PRESSES FOR GREATER STRENGTH & RIGIDITY
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LETTER 'A' IS MOULDED OUT THE BACK OF THE HEAD/ ON HEAD FACE IS VENDORS PLATE 'WILLIAMS-LLOYD MACHINERY CO., CHICAGO, N.Y., BOSTON'/ ON BAR OVER TOP ONE OF THE SPRINGS IS THE NUMBER 'S1612'
Missing: TOGGLE JOINT - NO ROUCE BARREL/ POOR CONDITION From CA of 04/12/1995 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing frisket & tympan
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Shniedewend, Paul & Co., Press, printing, after 1898, Artifact no. 1972.0792, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1972.0792.001/

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