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Patent Model of an Apparatus for Making Paper Stencils
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a stretcher frame for holding sheets of paper while multiple stencil designs were cut in them with a jigsaw. That patent was granted patent number 211988.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of an Apparatus for Making Paper Stencils. ca 1879. Gifford, John Z.. National Museum of American History. CC0.