This tin-plated press, in its original cardboard box with accessories and
instruction sheet, was sold by The Elm City Toy Manufacturing Company in New Haven, Connecticut during the mid-20th century. The press has a height of 11.5 inches a width of 6.5 inches and a length of 11.5 inches. The bed frame measures 2.25 inches by 3.75 inches.
Donated by Penny Speckter, 1988.
Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
This children’s tin-plate rotary press used rubber type. It was made by the Superior Marking Equipment Company of Chicago in the mid-twentieth century. The press has a height of 3.5 inches a width of 6.5 inches and a length 8.5 inches.
The press is a smaller edition of the Ace press, described separately.
Donated by Barbara Suit Janssen, 1992.
Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.