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  1. Sep 2023
    1. facilitated by having selected passages typewritten anddistributed to the class in mimeographed sheets.

      Not sure I knew that typewritters and mimeograph machines were so prevalent by 1910. (typewriters yes, but mimeo?)

  2. May 2023
    1. Typewriters had switches to allow the typewriter to use different portions of the typewriter ribbon. Some were utilized to differentiate between colors on multi-colored ribbons (typically between black and red) while others allowed the use of the top or bottom of a ribbon to get more use (economy) out of them. Many also made the ribbon inoperative so that the type struck directly against a sheet to allow for stencil cutting.

      p. 12

  3. Apr 2018
    1. one of my jobs was to run the mimeograph machine for their newsletter.

      I had to use the mimeograph to make handouts for the Ohio State Computer Center as my student job. Taping up the stencils was fun...