Antique XX Condensed No 1

This type measures 8 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Vanderburgh, Wells & Co., New York which was used by Wells and Vanderburgh between 1867–1890.

This face was first shown as wood type by Darius Wells and E.R. Webb in their 1854 Specimen of Wood Type. 

Antique XX Condensed No 1 was not shown in  American Wood Type, but was shown in the folio on page 89.

Type name used by manufacturer:

Hamilton Antique XX Condensed No 1 or  No 128

Morgans & Wilcox Antique XX Condensed No 1  [3004]

Page Antique XX Condensed No 1  [4128]

Wells Antique XX Condensed No 1 [5004]

This is the Wells cut.