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Patent Model of a Hand Printing Press for Amateur Printers
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a hand-operated portable printing press was which granted patent number 79751. The press consisted of a box, the lid being the platen, operated by a hand lever. Built-in grippers released the paper when the lid was lifted. The model is accompanied by a card bearing the inscription "Little Giant Hand Printing Press.”
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Hand Printing Press for Amateur Printers. ca 1868. Hall, H. M.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
