Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

GESTETNER

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

STEEL, PLASTIC, RUBBER, COTTON

No. Pieces

16

Height

43.0

Length

49.5

Width

39.0

Description

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

Subjects

PRINTING T&E

Historical Association

BUSINESS

History

ARTIFACT WAS DONATED IN MEMORY OF REED AINSCOUGH. DUPLICATOR WAS USED IN CANADA LIFE OFFICE FROM CA. 1950 TO 1985 AND WAS PURCHASED ORIGINALLY FOR ABOUT $300.

Catalogue Number

P19930044000

Acquisition Date

1995-05

Collection

Museum

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