Model 77 Edison Mimeograph, 1913
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Thomas Edison received a patent in 1876 for "Autographic Printing," covering the electric pen and flatbed press; a patent for "Autographic Stencils" followed in 1880. The mimeograph was invented by Albert Blake Dick in 1887, who licensed and refined Edison's patents. This low-cost, stencil-based printing technology was popular until displaced by photocopying machines and offset printing in the 1960s.
Thomas Edison received a patent in 1876 for "Autographic Printing," covering the electric pen and flatbed press; a patent for "Autographic Stencils" followed in 1880. The mimeograph was invented by Albert Blake Dick in 1887, who licensed and refined Edison's patents. This low-cost, stencil-based printing technology was popular until displaced by photocopying machines and offset printing in the 1960s.
Artifact
Mimeograph
Date Made
1913
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2002.65.11
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of A.B. Dick Company.
Material
Steel
Wood (Plant Material)
Enamel
Chromium
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Length: 16 in
Height: 18 in
Width: 15 in
Inscriptions
metal tag on top: MADE IN U.S.A. | NO. 77 EDISON DICK MIMEOGRAPH / SERIAL NO. 23318* / GUANANTEE . . . / U.S. PATENTS: JUNE 30, 1903 / DEC. 15, 1903 / FEB. 2, 1904 / DEC. 17, 1907 / APR. 14, 1908 / MAY 25, 1909 / APR. 23, 1912 / FEB 15, 1913 / APR. 1, 1913 / FEB. 10, 1914 / MAY 25, 1915 / MAY 16, 1916 / A.B. DICK COMPANY / CHICAGO U.S.A. / PATENTED IN FORGIGN COUNTRIES on feed board: NOTICE TO USERS OF THIS MIMEOGRAPH... SUGGESTIONS TO OPERATORS on plate on front left: DIRECTIONS FOR MIMEOGRAPH PRINT RECORDER
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