National Museum of American History
Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
Hawkes, Charles W. · ca 1857
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.
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