Foster's Printing Press, 1852-1857
THF127433 / Foster's Printing Press, 1852-1857
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Artifact Overview
This printing press turned the commonly accepted image of a press upside down. Instead of pressing paper down onto a bed of inked type, a lever pushed the inked type up to the paper. And while it functioned similarly to the widespread Washington press, the dramatic reversal of the Foster press caused printers to be skeptical of its practicality.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Printing press
Date Made
1852-1857
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Made by James D. Foster & Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio. Patented by Charles Foster.
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America
Object ID
29.1427.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Thomas A. Starr
Material
Cast iron
Color
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 51 in
Width: 40 in
Length: 69.5 in
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Enoch Prouty was a Baptist minister who wanted to print a temperance newspaper. He could not afford a press--so he invented one. The long arms and rods on this "grasshopper" press move when operated. In 1892 and 1893, it received merit awards at Chicago's Columbian Exposition. This particular press printed an agricultural journal in Ohio in the 1920s.