Daisy press
Daisy press
Previous
Next
Usage conditions apply
- Description (Brief)
- This rail press with its original wooden box and printing outfit, by an unknown maker, dates to about 1885. The press has a height of 4 inches a width of 3.5 inches and a length of 9 inches; its chase measures 1.5 inches by 2.75 inches.
- The Daisy press, the Bonanza, and the Favorite were probably made by the Ives, Blakeslee company of New York (later Ives Blakeslee Williams). The company dealt in novelties and was the principal distributing—and perhaps manufacturing—company for rail presses at the end of the nineteenth century. Their line included the Boss, the Favorite, the Daisy, the Leader, and other very similar rail presses.
- Donated by Penny Speckter, 1988.
- Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
- Object Name
- press, printing
- date made
- ca 1885
- maker
- Ives, Blakeslee & Co.
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 3 1/2 in x 9 in; 10.16 cm x 8.89 cm x 22.86 cm
- ID Number
- 1988.0823.02
- catalog number
- 1988.0823.02
- accession number
- 1988.0823
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection
- Exhibition
- Printing at Home
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
Nominate this object for photography.
Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.
If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.
