Type, wood

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OBJECT TYPE: ANTIQUE/23.5 LINE/DIE-CUT
DATE: 1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0837.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: IONIC
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD (UNDETERMINED: PROBABLY MAPLE)

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Image carriers
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY 1890'S-EARLY 1900'S
Canada: EXAMPLE OF DISPLAY (WOOD TYPE) TYPOGRAPHY USED IN SOME CANADIAN ADVERTISING AT THE TURN OF THE 19-20TH CENTURY.
Function: ORNAMENTED DISPLAY TYPE FACE USED PARTICULARLY FOR COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING IE., POSTERWORK, POSSIBLY NEWSPAPER ADVERTIZING, HANDBILLS, ETC.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF AN ANTIQUE DISPLAY FACE/ THE EARLY ANTIQUES PROVIDED THE FOUNDATION FOR A MAJOR PORTION OF THE POPULAR 19TH CENTURY DISPLAY FACES/ THE FIRST ANTIQUE WOOD TYPE WAS SHOWN BY DARIUS WELLS IN HIS 1828 CATALOGUE/ THE CONDENSED STYLE WAS FIRST SHOWN IN 1838 AND THE EXTRA-CONDENSED IN 1840
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: LETTER "A" HAS BEEN BROKEN AND REPAIRED PRIOR TO RECEIPT BY NMST From CA of 11/02/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Type, wood, circa 1890, Artifact no. 1984.0837, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0837.001/

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