Neostyle Rotary Stencil Duplicating Machine, Model 8-F, circa 1910
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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
circa 1910
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2014.0.17.123
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Iron alloy
Nickel (Metal)
Paper (Fiber product)
Rubber (Material)
Wood (Plant material)
Copper alloy
Cadmium
Dimensions
Height: 15.5 in
Width: 14.5 in
Length: 18.5 in
Inscriptions
plaque: Rotary Neostyle No. 8-F Guarantee . . . Neostyle Sales Agency U.S. Patents June 30, 1908 . . . May 25, 1909
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