Ink balls, ca. 1740
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  Photo by Peter Harholdt, 2004 |
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 "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World," Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary traveling exhibition, 2005-2008 Otherwise on ongoing display at the Franklin Institute 
 Common press Composing stick Composing stick Galley Ink stone on stand Lead cutter Set of stencils in box Slug mold Type gauge Type ladle Type matrices
 Talbott, Page, ed., Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World (New Haven and London: Yale University, 2005) (companion book to exhibition of same title) Fig. 2.07
 Purchased in 1933 from Robert Barrie with an etcher's plate press. The press was de-accessioned by The Franklin Institute on 9/16/1946. |
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