Edison Automatic Mimeograph, No. 51, 1898-1905
THF158470 / Edison Automatic Mimeograph, No. 51, 1898-1905
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Mimeograph
Date Made
1898-1905
Creator Notes
Manufactured by A. B. Dick Company, from the invention and subsequent patents of Thomas A. Edison.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
62.170.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Aluminum Alloy
Cast iron
Charcoal (Material)
Copper alloy
Cotton (Textile)
Iron alloy
Paper (Fiber product)
Rubber (Material)
Wood (Plant material)
Dimensions
Height: 12 in
Width: 18 in
Length: 27 in
Inscriptions
ink tube label (partial)
U.S. Patent, Sept. 30, 1890
Climate Proof Conc . . .
Special . . .
. . . . only by A.B.Dick Company
for Use on the
Automatic Mimeograph and the Edison Hand M . . . .
Special Directions
Automati . . .
newspaper fragment:
[calendar] July 1905
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