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Envelope-making machine


Display of old-style printing machine and improved linotype press with identifying signs.
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Title

Envelope-making machine

Subject

Pan-American Exposition--(1901:Buffalo, N.Y.)--Photographs

Description

On Exposition Grounds
The image shows the "modern" automated envelope-making machine (right) next to its 1860 counterpart.
A display of an envelope-making machine is arranged near large windows. On the left is an old-style printing machine with a flywheel, while on the right is a more modern printing press with multiple components and rollers. A wooden chair sits in front of the display, and signs above identify the machines as "Old-Style Printing Machine, 1890" and "Improved Linotype, Introduced about 1890."

Source

Everybody's Magazine, v. 5, no. 26 (October 1901) p. 401.

Date

1901-10-00

Rights

Type

Image
Photographic prints

Identifier

LIB-005_0481

Is Part Of

Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901
LIB-005

Citation

“Envelope-making machine,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed October 16, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/95434.