Stand w/ printer's press, including 2 pamphlets. 3 wooden trays w/ multiple compartments containing stamps resting on wooden stand. Iron cast press on stand w/ flat working piece, handle above.
printing presses
prints (visual works)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
PRESS, STANDING
Embossed on side of press: ""EXCELSIOR(?) PAT MAY 6, 1873/ HELSEY & CO MERIDEN CONN.""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Helsey & Co. (Maker)
Meriden, CT, USA
21.5 x 20 x 20 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.2028
Connecticut (United States)
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