Chase

Object Name:

Chase

Object ID:

1999.030

Creator:

Wheeler & Clark -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1960

Description:

Printing chase with type, used in the production of a rubber stamp at Wheeler & Clark Rubber Stamps, Concord, NH, c. 1960. Type is set for a business form with the following text: "RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED / Date / Motion granted Local Rule 77.2. / No objection by opposing counsel. / ROUTE TO: / DATE / JS / KN / Return to: / DAVID MADDEN / No. 01969 / RETURN TO SENDER -- / NOT AT THIS ADDRESS / JD / SM / SD / JM". Chase is steel, rectangular. Alignment holes in each corner, notches on long edges, longitudinal grooves along surface, and six additional holes along two edges. Wooden blocks inserted in chase to lock in type. On reverse side, two pieces of type have the initials "B.T.F." One spacer is missing, making one section of type loose in the chase.

Material:

Metal
Wood

Dimensions:

H-1 W-8.875 D-6.25 inches

Provenance:

Wheelerm & Clark Rubber Stamps (c.1930-1995), Concord, NH. Lois Clark and her husband (d.c.1996) owned and operated Wheeler & Clark, c.1930 until retirement in 1995. In the basement of their Concord or Bow, NH, house, they stored some of the machinery used by the business in the production of rubber stamps. The main piece of equipment that converted gum to rubber stamps is a machine called the vulcanizer, which used a combination of heat and pressure. The chase with type was used within the vulcanizer, and held a reverse of the design to be made into a rubber stamp.

Credit Line:

Gift of Lois B. Clarke

People:

Clark