American Manicopy Typewriter Company
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Certificate Details
Product Details
Certificate Type | Common / Preferred Stock |
Company | American Manicopy Typewriter Company |
Date Issued | September 8, 1921 (blue) November 17, 1922 (orange) |
Canceled | No |
Printer | Columbian Bank Note Company |
Signatures | Hand signed |
Notable | NA |
Approximate Measurements |
12 1/8" (w) by 9" (h) |
Product Images | Show the exact certificate you will receive |
Guaranteed Authentic | Yes |
Historical Context
In 1924, the American Manicopy Typewriter Company attempted to raise capital to produce its Manicopy Machine. The machine was based on US patents No. 1,301,146 and No 1,452,945 awarded to Chester A. Macomic. It was also called the Macomic Typesetting and Type Distributing Machine. The patent described how the machine was used. "Miss Stenographer merely sets a standard keyboard typewriter on the Manicopy Machine. She places a piece of paper in the typewriter and starts to write. Plungers underneath the typewriter keys are depressed every time a key on the typewriter is struck, thus setting the type on the Manicopy. When she has completed writing the letter or circular, she turns a lever and the type which has been set on the line bars are conveyed automatically to the printing surface where the desired number of copies is printed automatically. After the job is completed, these line bars are returned to their original positions automatically by turning a lever, and by turning another lever the type is instantly and automatically returned to its proper position without the type being touched by hand." The company, which was based in Chicago, Illinois, planned to produce 12,000 Manicopy Machines a year and to sell them for $1,250 each. There is no evidence that the company raised the capital necessary to go into commercial production. |