Typecaster

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OBJECT TYPE: SORTS & MATERIAL
DATE: 1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0505.001

MANUFACTURER: Lanston Monotype Machine Co.
MODEL: MONOTYPE GIANT CASTER
LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 13418
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL/ RUBBER/ WOODEN HANDLE ON PT

Dimensions

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

Length: 137.0 cm
Width: 95.0 cm
Height: 176.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Typecasting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Monotype
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO CAST TYPE SORTS, PRIMARILY FOR DISPLAY, FROM 18 PT. TO 72 PT.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF A CASTER SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO CAST THE LARGER DISPLAY SIZES OF TYPE REQUIRED IN ADVERTISING & NEWSPAPER WORK/ MONOTYPE'S RESPONSE TO THE COMPETITION OF OTHER SUCCESSFUL TYPECASTERS (SUCH AS THOMPSON) WHILE USING THE CONVENIENCE OF THE ESTABLISHED MONOTYPE SYSTEM
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: CAST IN 'MONOTYPE', PLATE 'Registered/ In U.S. Patent Office'/ CYLINDER AT TOP OF MACHINE MARKED OFF IN GRID WITH VARIOUS NUMBERS & FRACTIONS,ALSO MARKED 'GIANT CASTER'/ MAIN MFR'S PLATE MOSTLYILLEGIBLE, INCLUDES 'LANSTON/ MONOTYPE MACHINE CO./ U.S.A./...1917 172033[?]/ FEB. 19, 1918/ SERIES GC [?]13418'
Missing: From CA of 02/17/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: BLACK, BLACK & SILVER-COLOURED PTS & HARDWARE
Decoration: N/A

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Lanston Monotype Machine Co., Typecaster, after 1925, Artifact no. 1980.0505, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1980.0505.001/

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