Union type chest Headquarters Army of Potomac, Printing Department, No. 6, about 1863
Union type chest Headquarters Army of Potomac, Printing Department, No. 6, about 1863
- Description
- This type chest, measuring roughly 1’H x 2.5’W x 1.5’D, was purchased from L. Johnson & Company for the Printing Department of the Union Army of the Potomac. At least five other type chests were made for that unit. The top of the chest reads Headquarters Army of Potomac, Printing Department, No. 6. A virtually identical chest markedNo. 5 is displayed at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1863
- maker
- L. Johnson & Company
- issuing authority
- Army of the Potomac
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 in x 24 7/8 in x 18 1/2 in; 33.02 cm x 63.1825 cm x 46.99 cm
- ID Number
- 1982.0203.2739
- accession number
- 1982.0203
- catalog number
- 1982.0203.2739
- Credit Line
- "The Morgan Press Type Font Collection" assembled by Willard D. Morgan
- subject
- Printing
- Civil War
- related event
- Civil War
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- Civil War Field Printing
- Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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