General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BRASS

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Make-up

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

GOLDING

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Boston

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

CA. 1900-1971

Canada

TYPICAL OF GALLEYS USED BY CANADIAN PRINTERS IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 1900'S (PRE-WWI).

Function

USED DURING LETTERPRESS MAKE-UP TO HOLD COMPOSED TYPE, AS A BASE FOR PROOFING AND FOR STORAGE OF JOBS

Technical

ONE OF THE GOLDING & CO'S VERSIONS OF A BRASS GALLEY. INITIALLY DESIGNED TO REPLACE WOOD-RIM MODELS. THESE WERE VERY STRONG AND DURABLE, MFR'D WITH A BASE RIVETED TO THE RIM & WITH A REINFORCED HEAD. ANOTHER VALUABLE FEATURE WAS A BASE SHORTER THAN THE RIM. THIS ALLOWED THE COMPOSITOR TOPLACE THE GALLEY FLUSH WITH THE STONE AND SLIDE COMPOSED TYPE ONTO THE STONE WITHOUT DISRUPTION OF THE TYPE. GOLDING FIRST INTRODUCED ALL BRASS GALLEYS IN 1897 ALTHOUGH THIS PARTICULAR STYLE IS SOMEWHAT LATER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

NO

Finish

NONE

Decoration

NONE