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Posted 2 years ago
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Recent pick at a yard sale for $5.00. It looks like this was a display/salesmans model because of the wording. It used stensils made of a vinyl that were perferated and the ink wheel pressed ink through the stencil. Like silk screening. I found similar type machines online at an Office machine museum. Nothing like this one in particular though. Best I could determine, it's from the 1920's. It was used for business' that had a mailing list for customers. A stack of stencils were placed in a column on the left side. A slider moved them into place one at a time and with each slide it would move the stencils to the right and restack them. By pulling down on the red handle, it would stamp the envelope and re-ink and rotate the stamping/inking wheel. Interesting and well built machine. Fully functional after a little WD-40. I didn't get any of the stencils and havn't found any yet. Still looking. Anyone have any laying around? They are 1 1/2 X 3 inch. Would be a perforated vinyl of some kind and metel framed..........I think. Have not even found one to know for sure. Any of you collect this type of stuff?
Printing EquipmentMetal and wood type, the cabinets designed to hold these blocky letters and…
Salesmans SamplesSalesmans samples were a common item in the early 20th century, as salesmen…
I just noticed the date on the pictures was wrong. Tsk. Tsk. Shame on me. LOL