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Patent model for method of making wooden type
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a method of stamping letters into blocks of wood from steel dies; the invention was granted patent number 9454. Thirty-five years later, a similar process was used extensively by the William H. Page Wood Type Company.
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Credit linePatent model for method of making wooden type. ca 1852. McCreary, John. National Museum of American History. CC0.
