235 Miehle Vertical Small Press

Description

Robert Miehle, born in the Midwest in 1860, worked as a pressman in his brother’s print shop in Chicago. In 1921 he launched the Miehle Vertical Press which was a type of flat-bed cylinder press which stood with the bed perpendicular to the ground instead of parallel to it. This design allowed the press to take up less space on a printing shop floor. Although it was initially received with some sceptisim, it went on to become a popular design.

Object Name(s): automatic presses

Object Category: PRINTING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

Creator: Miehle

Linear Dimensions Depth: 130

Materials: metal
Material Part: body

Credit Line: National Print Museum, Dublin