overall: 8 1/2 in x 6 in x 3 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 15.24 cm x 8.89 cm
Object Name:
Press, printing
Other Terms:
Press, printing; Printing Press; Letterpress
Place made:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Date made:
mid 20th century
ca 1961
Description (Brief):
This children’s tin-plate rotary press used rubber type. It was made by the Superior Marking Equipment Company of Chicago in the mid-twentieth century. The press has a height of 3.5 inches a width of 6.5 inches and a length 8.5 inches.
The press is a smaller edition of the Ace press, described separately.
Donated by Barbara Suit Janssen, 1992.
Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
