File ID	f304p2184
Date.Digital	2002-07-24
Date.Original	c. 1909
Description	The 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.
Source	Photograph, surface damage lower right, small piece of paper stuck on surface upper corner, 7.78" by 9.74"
Subject	Lewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Woman's National Daily Building-Interior (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Goss Printing Press Company (Chicago, Il.)
Subject	University City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
Subject.Keyword	Printing presses
Title	Goss printing press in the great hall of the Woman's Magazine Building - View 2