DUPLICATOR
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- WOOD, STONE, STEEL, RUBBER, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19980036000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- WOOD, STONE, STEEL, RUBBER, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 9
- Height
- 12.8
- Length
- 39.2
- Width
- 29.2
- Description
- .1 MANUAL PRINTER. WOOD CASE W/ HINGED LID. STEEL LATCH & HANDLE; LATCH MARKED "BRITISH MADE PAT NO 185333". INTERIOR OF BASE HAS MOUNTED BLACK INK PLATE COVERING MOST OF SURFACE. INCLUDES FIXTURE FOR HOLDING DETACHABLE ROLLER (.3). NAMEPLATE RIVETED TO ONE END: "LION TYPEWRITER SUPPLIES CO LTD LONDON AND STAINES". STAMPED INTO FRAME OF BASE "15019". HINGED TO LID IS DUPLICATING APPARATUS. CONSISTS OF FRAMED BLACK SCREEN, WITH SPRING-LOADED HINGES. REVERSE LINED WITH BLUE WAXED PAPER, COVERED WITH INK. SCREEN ATTACHES WITH CLASP TO FRAMED STONE SLAB. SURFACE OF SLAB COVERED IN CRACKING GOLD/BROWN PAINT(?). DECAL ON ONE END OF FRAME WITH "MADE IN ENGLAND". BETWEEN FRAMED PIECES IS .2. DECAL ON OUTSIDE OF CASE HAS BLUE CIRCULAR LOGO FOR "LION MENUCATOR" NO. 4 MODEL. READS "LION DUPLICATOR CO. OF CANADA LIMITED TORONTO-HAMILTON WINNIPEG-VANCOUVER". ONE HINGE ON CASE BROKEN; WOOD SCRATCHED AND MARRED THROUGHOUT. .2 WHITE CARDBOARD BLOTTER. 37CM (L) X 25CM (W). BLACK PRINTING ON ONE SIDE; REVERSE READS "LION NO. 4 PRINTING BASE BLOTTER MADE IN ENGLAND THE LION COMPANY LTD. WAR TIME EMERGENCY ADDRESS 71 GRESHAM ROAD, STAINES, MIDDLESEX." EDGES FOLDED AND TORN. .3 ROLLER. 21.5CM (L) X 13.8CM (W). POROUS RUBBER INK ROLLER WITH STEEL ROD ATTACHING ROLLER TO WOODEN HANDLE. BRASS FERRULE WITH SMALL PIN EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE TO HOLD ROLLER IN PLACE IN CASE. HANDLE SOILED WITH INK. .4-.9 ASSORTED PAPERS. INCLUDES ONE MOTTLED TAN LEGAL-SIZED THICK PAPER, HOLE PUNCHED ALONG TOP; ONE PIECE LETTERHEAD FOR "PREMIUM MOTORS (H.B. MCLAUGHLIN) LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA"; AND FOUR YELLOWING RULED SHEETS, HOLE PUNCHED ALONG ONE LENGTH AND ONE WIDTH. ALL ARE TIMESHEETS FOR MECHANICS, DATED NOV. 1-2, 1948. REVERSE OF TWO HAS SAMPLE ADVERTISEMENT PRINTED IN BLACK TYPEFACE. FIRST LINE READS "ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CUTTING TRANSPORTATION COSTS BY 60%".
- Subjects
- PRINTING T&E
- Historical Association
- BUSINESS
- History
- PURCHASED BY DONOR AT GARAGE SALE IN 1997; INTENDED TO REFINISH BOX. DONOR IS FROM LETHBRIDGE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19980036000
- Acquisition Date
- 1998-06
- Collection
- Museum
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