Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1930

Materials

WOOD

No. Pieces

74

Height

3.3

Length

55.2

Width

42.4

Description

OAK CASE (DRAWER) WITH DIVIDER DOWN CENTRE OF INTERIOR. EACH HALF OF DRAWER PARTITIONED INTO SLOTS 25.5CM (L) X 6.3CM (W). SLOTS CONTAIN WOODEN PRINTING BLOCKS OR TYPE, OF VARIOUS CAPITALIZED ALPHABETIC LETTERS. BLOCKS ARE ALL SAME SIZE (2.3CM X 6.2CM X 3CM ), VARYING SLIGHTLY DEPENDING ON LETTER. FRONT FACE OF DRAWER HAS LABEL WITH "SIZE OF TYPE" AND SECOND WITH "SIZE OF TYPE OF THIS CASE 6". STICKER MARKED "R 16". WOOD IS MARRED AND DRY THROUGHOUT, WITH CONSIDERABLE WARPAGE, CRACKING, AND SPLITTING ON BOTTOM. STAMPED ON CENTRE DIVIDER "NEW DEPARTURE PATENTED" AND "THE HAMILTON MFG. CO. TWO RIVERS WIS". *NOTE* PIECE OF WOOD BROKEN OFF OF ARTIFACT (OCT 15 2006).

Subjects

PRINTING T&E

Historical Association

TRADES

History

LOCATED WITH OTHER RELATED PIECES IN THE WET LAB AREA OF THE MUSEUM, AND CURATOR CECILE MCCLEARY INDICATES THAT THEY BELONG WITH THE COLLECTION P19930010001-GA, WHICH WAS A PURCHASE (BOS GRAPHICS). ALL RELATED PIECES ARE CATALOGUED AS P19960075001-GA THROUGH TO P199600750074-GA. RANGE AND VALUE ARE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY, AS THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTATION.

Catalogue Number

P19960075072

Acquisition Date

1993-02

Collection

Museum

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