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Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 18812. Called the Magic Card Press, it is a self-inking platen press with automatic card dropper and an ink drum below the type bed.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Platen Printing Press. ca 1857. Hawkes, Charles W.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
