Plate, Printing
Object number2008.36.10
Datec. 1965
MediumMagnesium; ink
Credit LineGift of Elaine Linkenheimer
DescriptionMetal printing plate, embossed with image of the head of a man; a standing man, and five heads of men with leather football helmets off to right side. Embossed backwards text on bottom. Accented with green ink; drill lines throughout.Dimensions11.5 in. (29.2 cm)InscriptionsStanding man has "PITT" on shirt; text is backwards.
Embossed backwards text on bottom: "The Pride of / Jock Sutherland / See Page 3".
On back: green with red stamps: "DOW / DOWTECH / DEADLINE / Magnesium / Engraving Plate"; vertical stamp between aforementioned stamps, "2447OU".
Historical NotesPrinting plate from the Pittsburgh Press featuring John Bain "Jock" Sutherland, famed University of Pittsburgh football player (1915-1916) and coach (1924-1938); he also coached the Pittsburgh Steelers for one year (1946-1947) before dying suddenly in Pittsburgh in 1948. Printing plate is related to donor Elaine Linkenheimer's father, Frank P. Plaven, Sr.’s career as a printer in the composing room of both Sun-Telegraph and the Pittsburgh Press. Plates were found in press at Plaven’s home. The Pittsburgh Press, now defunct, was a major daily newspaper in Pittsburgh. It was one of many competing city newspapers published prior to the World War I including the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. At one time, the Press was the second largest newspaper in Pennsylvania, behind only to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Related person
John Bain Sutherland
(1889 - 1948)
Related institution
Pittsburgh Steelers
Related institution
The Pittsburgh Press
Related institution
University of Pittsburgh
Previous owner
Frank P. Plaven Sr.
On View
Not on view1940-1949
1940-1949
1940-1949
1940-1949
1940-1949
J. C. Bragdon
c. 1897