Machine, Addressing
Keno Mining Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | Machine, Addressing |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Tools & Equipment for Communication |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Printing T&E |
| Discipline : | History |
| Numéro d'accession : | 1995.1.135 |
| Date de fin de production : | Circa1900 |
| Description : | Large black desk with four legs and three foot pedals. An arm extends from the proper back left of the desktop. The mechanical imprinting head extends over to the proper front right of the desk top. The machine is made by the "Addressograph Co., Chicago" and it runs on electricity. Marked 'Addressograph Trade Mark Reg. U.S. Pat Off.' 'A M Class 1900'. |
| Fonctions : | This desk sized machine imprinted addresses from embossed metal plaques to letters and envelops. The 'Addressograph' addressing machine was used by United Keno Hill Mines office until 1975 to print pay envelopes and to address cheques. A metal plate bearing the name and address of each employee and the suppliers to whom cheques were issued was fed through the arm across the top of the machine to the print area where the address plates were inked and applied to the surface of the paper. The machine plugged into an electrical socket and was controlled by the foot pedals at the bottom. When this Addressograph was retrieved from United Keno Hill Mines, the museum also secured all the metal plates with the names of all the employees and suppliers for the company. Truly, this machine can be counted as an important historical Keno area find! The addressograph was a popular addition to offices with large mailing lists. The machines were very cost effective due to the huge savings in clerical labour costs. In fact, addressing machines can be considered as one of the key mechanical development in offices between the 1890s and The First World War. The first addressograph type machine was built by a Canadian, Robert Dick, in 1859. Patent modifications soon fled the US patent office and improvements were made to Dick's design. This model was manufactured some forty years after the first addressograph machine had been patented. |
| Mention de crédit - Image : | Keno City Mining Museum |
| Établissement : | Keno Mining Museum |
| Ville de l'établissement : | Keno City |
| Province de l'établissement : | Yukon Territory |
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