Elijah Lovejoy's printing press
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1837
- Description
Frame of printing press. Painted black. Thick coil (L:5.5') on one side. Two parallel anvil like bars on bottom of frame. Frame is supported by two pairs of legs on either side and has three grooves equally spaced between edges and following contours of frame.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Equipment
Tools
Printing presses
Lovejoy, Elijah P. (Elijah Parish), 1802-1837
Abolitionists
Slavery
Newspapers
Publishing - Location
- United States
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (72 in)Width: (39 in)Iron (metal)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © 2012 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Elijah Lovejoy's printing press. 1837. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2167. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1837) Elijah Lovejoy's printing press. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2167
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2167>.