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 ~ Paper Fastener Punches ~

Model, Year Introduced, Maker	Click Image to Enlarge
Swartwout's Paper Fastener & Binder Patented ~ Marketed Metallic Paper Fasteners 1864, Marketed Patent Metallic Paper Fastener and Binder 1872 Swartwout Mfg. Co., New York, NY Illustration shows a man using a desktop machine to insert paper fasteners. Each fastener consisted of two pieces of metal approximately 2" long.  The piece that went on top of the papers had either two or four short pointed legs.  The piece that went under the papers had slots through which the pointed legs were inserted before being bent over.  W. H. Swartwout of New York, NY, sold "metallic paper fasteners" as of 1864.  (Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York for the Years 1863, '64, Albany, 1864)  According to an 1872 report, "Swartwout's Patent Metallic Paper Fastener and Binder, designed for fastening papers of all kinds...consists of two thin plates, of equal size, one of which is furnished with long, projecting teeth, fitting exactly into corresponding holes in the other.  By a simple process the ends of the teeth are turned up, and the two plates, with whatever is placed between them, are firmly clinched together." (The Publishers' and Stationers' Weekly Trade Circular, Feb. 8, 1872, p. 103)	Swartwout's Paper Fastener and Binder
McGill's Paper Fastener Press Similar to 1867 Patent ~ Advertised 1878-1940 Holmes, Booth & Haydens New York, NY "McGill's Patent Paper Fasteners" were on the market in 1871, and "McGill's Paper Fastener Press, for inserting...McGill Fasteners" was advertised in 1872.  Because the ad was not illustrated, we do not know whether the press advertised in 1872 was the same as the one illustrated to the right.  (The Mayor's Message, St. Louis, MO, 1871, p. 258; The Publishers' and Stationers' Weekly Trade Circular, Aug. 15, 1872, p. 154)   Store Display for McGill's Patent Fasteners & Suspending Devices	Box of McGill's Paper Fasteners, advertised in this style of box 1880-97 McGill's Fastener Press
Registered Paper Piercer Patented 1872 ~ Advertised 1873 Johnson Brothers Birmingham, England "The utility of this article in superceding the penknife generally used for piercing all kinds of papers, cards, memorandums, briefs, law forms, and all articles where paper fasteners are used, will be obvious."
McGill Fastener Punch Patented 1874 ~ Advertised 1880-1924 Holmes, Booth & Haydens,  New York, NY
McGill's Punch and Anvil Advertised 1879-87 Holmes, Booth & Haydens New York, NY
McGill Fastener Press Patented 1884 ~ Advertised 1885 Homes, Booth & Haydens New York, NY
Universal Fastener Punch Advertised 1887 U.S.
Paper Fastener Press
Paper Fastener Press
Clover Fastener Press
Krahn Punch (a.k.a. Temple Punch) 1902 ~ Advertised 1930  Krahn Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, WI Subsequently, Geo. J. Meyer Mfg. Co, Milwaukee, WI
Paper Fastener Press Advertised 1912 U.S.
Paper Fastener Press Design Registered 1925 U.K.
Dennison's Desk Casket of Paper Fasteners U.S.

 ~ Envelope Sealer ~

Cachet Crampon Blanzy Poure & Cie Boulogne sur Mer, France

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