Cub press

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Object Details

maker

Superior Marking Equipment Co.

Description

This children’s tin-plate rotary press used rubber type. It was made by the Superior Marking Equipment Company of Chicago in the mid-twentieth century. The press has a height of 3.5 inches a width of 6.5 inches and a length 8.5 inches.

The press is a smaller edition of the Ace press, described separately.

Donated by Barbara Suit Janssen, 1992.

Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.

date made

mid 20th century

ca 1961

ID Number

1994.0383.01

catalog number

1994.0383.01

accession number

1994.0383

Object Name

Press, printing

Other Terms

Press, printing; Printing Press; Letterpress

Physical Description

sheet steel (overall material)

rubber (overall material)

cardboard (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 8 1/2 in x 6 in x 3 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 15.24 cm x 8.89 cm

place made

United States: Illinois, Chicago

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Communications

Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection

Exhibition

Printing at Home

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

Data Source