This children’s tin-plate rotary press for rubber type was made by the Superior Marking Equipment Company of Chicago in the mid-20th century. The press has a height of 6 inches a width of 10.5 inches and a length of 16 inches.
The Superior Marking Equipment Company, or SMECO, has made a series of lightweight children’s presses as by-products to its line of office stamps and markers. The Cub press, described separately, is a smaller edition of the Ace.
Donated by R. Stanley Nelson, 1991.
Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.