Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This self-inking lever press with original box was made by the Baumgarten company of Baltimore, after 1890. The press is cast in platen back, reading “BALTIMORE.” Its roller is missing. The press has a height of 9 inches a width of 7 inches and a length of 13 inches. The chase measures 2.5 inches by 4 inches.
- The Baumgarten company produced a line of presses exactly parallel to those of another Baltimore press maker, the Dorman company, but used the name Baltimore instead of Baltimorean, and made minor changes in the castings.
- Donated by Alan Darby, 1992.
- Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Baumgarten
- Baumgarten
- Date made
- after 1890
- Physical Description
- cast iron (overall material)
- steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 in x 7 in x 13 in; 22.86 cm x 17.78 cm x 33.02 cm
- Object Name
- Press, printing
