General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 FERROUS METAL PRESS MOUNTED ON PLYWOOD BASE; PAPER PARTS; METAL COUNTER CASING, SYNTHETIC WINDOW/.2 FERROUS METAL WITH WOOD BAR/.3 FERROUS METAL/.4 PAPER WRAPPED WOOD ON METAL SPINDLE/.6 WOOD WITH METAL HARDWARE, PAPER LABEL ATTACHED TO ONE END

Dimensions

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

Length

55.5 cm

Width

18.6 cm

Height

24.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Image transfer

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Craftsmen

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Boston

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

HAND OPERATED MACHINE DESIGNED TO TRANSFER IMAGES FROM INKED TYPE ONTO PAPER.

Technical

CRAFTSMEN MACHINERY CO. WAS BUYER & SELLER OF USED & REFURBISHED PRINTING EQUIPMENT FOUNDED IN 1927. CRAFTSMEN'S 1947 ADVERTISEMENT DESCRIBES FIRM AS FAMOUS FOR CAREFUL REASSEMBLY & FIRST CLASS REBUILDING, ONE OF LARGEST DEALERS, INTERNATIONAL IN SCOPE (REF. 2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.4-.5 HANDWRITTEN "#1350" ON PAPER/.6 RED & BLACK STENCILLED "FRAGILE/ C.M.C. 'HOBBY PRESS'/ CRAFTSMEN MACHINERY CO./ BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A./ DO NOT DROP" ON EACH SIDE; BLACK PRINTED LABEL ON ONE END READS "To JUDSON TYPE INC./ Street 152 W 23rd Street/ City New York 11 State N.Y./ CRAFTSMEN MACHINERY CO./ 'EVERYTHING FOR THE PRINTER'/ 575 Atlantic Ave. Boston, Mass"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 PRESS PAINTED BLACK; WOOD UNFINISHED; BUFF PAPER; PLATED COUNTER CASING, COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT SYNTHETIC/.2-.3 PAINTED BLACK, UNFINISHED WOOD/.4-.5 UNFINISHED WOOD, BUFF PAPER/.6 I=UNFINISHED WOOD, BUFF PAPER

Decoration

N/A