Printing press
A foot-powered, hand-feed platen letter press. It was brought to Yellowknife by The News of the North publishers for printing posters and small stationary jobs. Acquired in 1967 by Robert Jenkins, industrial arts teacher at the Yellowknife Public School, to help students learn the basics of graphic arts. Jenkins formed Canarctic Publishing Ltd. in 1972.
Accession No.
977.004.001 a-o
Maker
Chandler & Price Company, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Culture
Non-Indigenous
Region
North Slave
Location
Great Slave Lake, Yellowknife
Date
c. 1886-1912
