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- Power of Place Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Created by
- Mergenthaler Linotype Company, American, founded 1886
- Used by
- The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
- Date
- 1902-1906
- Medium
- metal with lead
- Dimensions
- Overall with Weight: 96 × 60 × 60 in., 3000 lb. (243.8 × 152.4 × 152.4 cm, 1360.8 kg)
- Description
- A Linotype, Model 3 No. 41156R manufactured by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company and used by the Chicago Defender. The linotype is black metal with lead and has a keyboard, vise, and distributor.
- Place used
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
- Object number
- 2012.18.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




