Type, foundry
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TEXT, SHADE/34 PT. COMPLETE
- DATE
- 1870
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0137.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MACKELLAR SMITHS & JORDAN
- MODEL
- TITLE TEXT OPEN
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- TYPE METAL (LEAD, TIN, ANTIMONY, ETC.)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Image carriers
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MACKELLAR
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROB. 1870'S TO EARLY 1900'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A JOB TYPE OF LETTER, ALSO KNOWN AS 'BLACK LETTER' BASED ON THE HANDWRITTEN FORM OF THE ROMAN ALPHABET - Technical
-
AN IMPORTANT TYPE FACE TYPICAL OF THE HEAVIER TEXT TYPES POPULAR IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 19TH C. AND DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED BY ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- COMPLETE From CA of 11/18/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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