Stencil work in America, 1850–1900

Kindel, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9995-5891 (2002) Stencil work in America, 1850–1900. Baseline (38). pp. 5-12. ISSN 0954-9226

Abstract/Summary

An overview of stencil work in American in the second half of the nineteenth century, which shows and discusses stencil plates, stencil-making equipment, catalogues and other ephemera, and patents. The article additionally identifies some of the prominent individuals and companies who produced the work, and locates references to stencils in contemporary literature, including in the writing of Mark Twain.