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
More Information
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://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0505.001/
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