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Mimeograph Or Gestetner Machine Operating

Field Printing
Went Obsolete Late 1970s
Made Obsolete By Photocopying
Knowledge Assumed Some mechanical skill
When useful When you don't have a photocopier

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph

Most schools had one of these until the late 1970s. They were hand or motor-cranked printers which used a cloth drum and wax paper stencils. You made your image with a typewriter or using a stylus.

They were lots of fun to clean.

 
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