Patent model for method of making wooden type
National Museum of American History

Patent model for method of making wooden type

McCreary, John · ca 1852

metal (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

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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