Favorite press

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Object Details

maker

Ives, Blakeslee & Co.

Description

This rail press was sold by Ives Blakeslee of New York in about 1885. Its original box, with an advertizing label on the end, includes type and accessories. It is marked “IB.” The press has a height of 6 inches a width of 4 inches and a length of 11.5 inches; its chase measures 2 inches by 3.5 inches.

Donated by Penny Speckter, 1988.

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

date made

ca 1885

ID Number

1988.0823.01

accession number

1988.0823

catalog number

1988.0823.01

Object Name

Press, Favorite

press, printing

Physical Description

cast-iron (overall material)

steel (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 11 1/2 in x 4 in x 4 3/4 in; 29.21 cm x 10.16 cm x 12.065 cm

place made

United States: New York, New York

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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