Patent model for adjustable card guides for Gordon presses

A small wooden board with two iron adjustable guide arms, each fixed with a hinged clamp and sliding along a metal rod. The dark wood shows a worn, grained surface, and the arms curve upward at their ends. The piece appears to be a mechanical model for a printing press component.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca 1871

Medium

metal (overall material) wood (overall material)

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)

Size

4000 × 2662 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History