- Accession Number:
- 2006.19.6
- Description:
- Victor Hydraulic Record Press; heavy steel base with floor mounting holes, tapers up to round support base for the ram; cast in base, "MA352-26"; pipe fitting extends downward from the main support; four(4) 2.375" diameter steel posts extend up out of main support; top plate is hinged to the rear two posts, slots in the plate fit over the two front posts and are locked by a sliding bar; the bottom plate rests on the main support, held down by two heavy springs; guides in the sides of the bottom plate would allow it two slide up the posts to close the press when the ram is activated; note the 15" top and bottom dies are not present; painted aqua-blue with evidence of formers coats of rotal blue and yellow; posts and inner surfaces are unpainted.
- Height:
- 54.75
- Width:
- 25
- Depth:
- 28
- Date Made:
- ca. 1937
- Collection:
- APH Collection
- History/Provenance:
- APH Collection
- Credit Line:
- APH Collection
- Subjects:
- Presses Sound recording and reproducing Talking books
- Made:
- Victor
- Material:
- Steel;
- Updated:
- 12/10/2010
