General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WITH RUBBER & SYNTHETIC, WOODEN HANDLE

Dimensions

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

Length

110.0 cm

Width

89.0 cm

Height

128.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

LUDLOW

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO CAST A LINE OF TYPE FROM A SERIES OF MATRICES WHICH ARE COMPOSED BY HAND IN A SPECIAL STICK/ INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR DISPLAY TYPE

Technical

THE ADVANTAGES OF THE LUDLOW SYSTEM INCLUDED THE ABILITYTO PRODUCE LINES OF TYPE AT LEAST TWICE AS FAST AS IF SETTING TYPE BY HAND, A SAVING IN FLOOR SPACE AS ONE MACHINE & 1 OR 2 CABINETS COULD REPLACE UP TO 4-6 OF THE OLD-FASHIONED TYPE STANDS/ IT WAS ALSO VERY USEFUL IN JOB WORK AS THERE WAS NEVER A SHORTAGE OF SORTS

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE 'LUDLOW/ TYPOGRAPH MACHINE/ MANUFACTURED AND SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY/ LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH CO./ 2032 CLYBOURN AVE., CHICAGO, U.S.A./ MACHINE NO. 11979/ PATENTED IN U.S.A. AND OTHER COUNTRIES', 'CSA-APP./ NO. 4084'/ CAST IN 'LUDLOW'/ COMPONENTS INCLUDE 'CRUCIBLE NO. 10881/ VOLTS 220 AC/ AMPS 12 CYCLES 60/ LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH COMPANY/ CHICAGO, ILL., U.S.A.'/ 'LUDLOW/ MODEL/ ML5-10L/ SERIAL/ 8262'/ 'THROAT AND MOUTH HEATER CONTROL/ LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH CO./ CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A.', '--- VOLTS/ 200/260---/ CUTLER-HAMMER/ CONTROL', '...CYCLES 60/ VOLTS 220/ AMP 14/ PHASE 1/ CUTLER-HAMMER/ CONTROL...'

Missing

From CA of 01/06/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

PAINTED GREY,SILVER COLOURED TOP SURFACE, WORKING PTS & HARDWARE, WOODEN HANDLE PAINTED BLACK

Decoration

N/A