Object Details
maker
Superior Marking Equipment Co.
Description
This children’s tin-plate rotary press for rubber type was made by the Superior Marking Equipment Company of Chicago in the mid-20th century. The press has a height of 6 inches a width of 10.5 inches and a length of 16 inches.
The Superior Marking Equipment Company, or SMECO, has made a series of lightweight children’s presses as by-products to its line of office stamps and markers. The Cub press, described separately, is a smaller edition of the Ace.
Donated by R. Stanley Nelson, 1991.
Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
mid 20th century
ca 1950
ID Number
1991.0800.01
catalog number
1991.0800.01
accession number
1991.0800
Object Name
Press, printing
Physical Description
rubber (overall material)
sheet steel (overall material)
cardboard (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 8 in x 13 in x 9 in; 20.32 cm x 33.02 cm x 22.86 cm
place made
United States: Illinois, Chicago
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1288700