Object Details
maker
American Multigraph Company
American Multigraph Company
Description
This Gammeter Multigraph No. 4, with a separate bank of type, was made by The American Multigraph Company in about 1908. The Multigraph (with table) has a height of 47 inches a width of 29 inches and a depth of 19 inches; its type bank has a height of 11.5 inches a width of 19 inches and a depth of 10 inches.
The Multigraph was an office printing machine invented in 1902 by H. C. Gammeter, a typewriter salesman. The machine printed either from short type with a specially shaped body, which slid into slots on the printing drum, or from curved plates. The impression was made with printing ink or, for a better facsimile of typewriting, through a ribbon.
Donated by Richard Stevans, 1971.
Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1908
date made
ca 1908
ID Number
GA.23342.01
accession number
1971.297032
297032
catalog number
23342.01
Object Name
Machine, Printing Press
machine, printing, multigraph
press, printing
Gammeter Multigraph printing machine
printing machine
Other Terms
Machine, Printing Press; Office Machine
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 47 in x 29 in x 19 in; 119.38 cm x 73.66 cm x 48.26 cm
overall: 47 in x 29 in x 19 in; 119.38 cm x 73.66 cm x 48.26 cm
overall: 47 in x 29 in x 19 in; 119.38 cm x 73.66 cm x 48.26 cm
place made
United States: Ohio, Cleveland
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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_1817092