dry mount press
Date1920-1940
Inventory Number1997-1-0305
ClassificationPress
Subject
Maker
Eastman Kodak Company
1881-present
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions61 x 67 x 42 cm (24 x 26 3/8 x 16 9/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriespapers; felt pads
DescriptionThe press is made of two rectangular plates. The bottom one is fixed. The upper one moves up and down with the vertical lever. The upper plate also has a screw that is used to adjust the relative height of that plate according to the thickness of what needed to be dry pressed. There is also one large ivory circular switch with off, high and low for settings. An electric cord is linked to it. The press runs on either 110 AC or DC electricity, producing between 300 to 1,200 Watts. Only the upper plate is heated. A thermometer is fixed to that plate. A plateau made in wood and metal slides on the bottom plate when not in use. The press can be bolted down on a hard surface.
Signedon plaque: MADE BY / EASTMAN KODAK CO. / ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A.
FunctionA dry mount press is a table-top, heat-activated press that uses even heat and pressure to mount, laminate and texture photographic prints. Special cloths, consisting of thin sheet of papers impregnated with adhesive, are used to mount photos or other such media.
ProvenanceInstitute of Geographical Exploration, Harvard University; transferred to CHSI October 1955.
Percy Williams Bridgman
Date: circa 1924
Accessories: high-pressure compressing chamber
Object number: 1997-1-1819d
Percy Williams Bridgman
Date: 1924-1937
Accessories: cardboard box of spare parts; rubber tube; yellow hand pump; metal wire; torque wrench; wrenches (3); 1 CD; 1 audio cassette; 1 user's manual; 1 graph
Object number: 2004-1-0404
French
Date: 1800-1850
Accessories: French stencil
Object number: DW0352a
French
Date: 1800-1850
Accessories: French stencil
Object number: DW0352b
Percy Williams Bridgman
Date: circa 1938
Accessories: one bolt protector; one attachment; two large bolts, black and white photographs (C6-G1). Parts can be found in drawer B11-I8. Bridgman Press Manual (copy) in instrument file folder
Object number: 1997-1-1819a
Hammond Typewriter Company
Date: circa 1923
Accessories: four Hammond type shuttles for different type faces, each with a wooden storage box; four laminated paper rectangles with symbol placement guide; instruction book, instruction sheets, advertisements, and correspondence (in object file)
Object number: 1996-1-0373
William J. Murdock Company
Date: 1910-1950
Object number: RS0163
Percy Williams Bridgman
Date: 1924-1937
Object number: 2004-1-0404.1
Percy Williams Bridgman
Date: 1924-1937
Object number: 2004-1-0404.2
Percy Williams Bridgman
Date: 1924-1937
Accessories: two boxes of parts/tools for bridgman press (.1 & .2)
Object number: 2004-1-0404.3