| Collection |
APH Collection |
| Credit line |
APH Collection |
| Date |
ca. 1900 |
| Description |
Fumed oak type cabinet; space for (24) cases on steel drawer guides screwed inside cabinet; full back, two recessed panels on sides; top bracketed on with steel braces and screws; steel pad lock loop on left front leg; top has three chases covered with brass plates stamped "wiring"; thirteen(13) type cases; (8) are Hamilton Manufacturing California Job cases, four(4) of those have closed cast-iron handles, the other four(4) have green enameled stamped steel handles; five(5) gray enameled cases with open pulls, three(3) of those are U.S. Upper cases with two sides arranged 7x7, two(2) are Triple cases with three division each 7x7; the cases have a variety of markings in ink and paper labels indicating the compartments contents; variety of lead type and printing blocks. |
| Dimensions |
H-44 W-36 L-24 inches |
| Made |
Hamilton Manufacturing Company |
| Material |
Wood, iron, steel, brass, printers type |
| Makers mark |
HAMILTON |
| Object ID |
2006.19.9 |
| Object Name |
Cabinet, Type |
| Place of Origin |
Two Rivers, Wisconsin |
| Provenance/History |
Hamilton began producing type in 1880 and within 20 years became the largest provider in the United States. The first printing plates used to produce books in raised type at APH were produced by setting lead type in traditional ways, and using an impression from the hand set type to create a printing plate from molten metal. After the introduction of the stereotype machine in the 1890s, print titles on book spines were still set by hand. In the first published inventory at APH in 1889, the composing room held five double racks, sixty-two type cases, and 3,000 pounds of type. By 1900, that was reduced to a single "double rack". Most of the type and the other racks had been moved to the cellar as the stereotype machines arrived to simplify the task of creating embossing plates. |
| Search Terms |
APH braille production
APH history
APH publications
American Printing House for the Blind |
| Subjects |
Braille
Printing |
| Title |
Type cabinet or case stand |
| Used |
American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, KY |
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