Object Details
maker
Challenge Manufacturing Company
Description
This bench-top roller proof press (no stand) was made about 1900. The press has a width of 10.5 inches and a length of 30 inches; its cylinder diameter is 9 inches; its bed measures 10 inches by 31 inches. It sports cast letters reading “Challenge,” for the Challenge Machinery Company, on the end of the bed.
Donated by Edward Alfriend, 1986.
Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1900
ID Number
1986.0975.081
accession number
1986.0975
catalog number
1986.0975.081
Object Name
press, printing
Other Terms
Relief
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 5 in x 10 1/2 in x 30 in; 12.7 cm x 26.67 cm x 76.2 cm
base: 2 in x 10 in x 31 in; 5.08 cm x 25.4 cm x 78.74 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_1821277