File ID f304p2184
Date.Digital2002-07-24
Date.Originalc. 1909
DescriptionThe Goss printing press built especially for the Lewis Publishing Company to produce "The Woman's National Daily" cost $10,000 and was reported to be the largest and fastest press in the world. The press could print and fold 5,000 complete newspapers per minute. It stood 28 feet high and held 36 rolls of newsprint which weighed 1,500 pounds each. This photograph shows some of the newsprint rolls in place in the paper magazine, and another roll being loaded by the traveling crane which was used to lift each roll from storage on the lower level and transport it to its place on the press. The building had no windows, but was lighted from above by the massive skylight.
SourcePhotograph, surface damage lower right, small piece of paper stuck on surface upper corner, 7.78" by 9.74"
SubjectLewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
SubjectWoman's National Daily Building-Interior (University City, Mo.)
SubjectGoss Printing Press Company (Chicago, Il.)
SubjectUniversity City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
Subject.KeywordPrinting presses
TitleGoss printing press in the great hall of the Woman's Magazine Building - View 2


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