While examining a Lassen County Chamber of Commerce file, it contains a number of mimeograph prints of various literature of the 1960s and 1970s.. The mimeograph machine was an economical way to make copies, since at that time copy machines were on the expensive side. If you have come across one of the old Lassen County Historical Society bulletins, they, too were mimeographed. It was a simple machine. A typed stencil produced, and it was then placed on a drum of the. mimeograph. Then one used the crank and printed out as many copies as desired. One could even change the color ink, though dealing with the ink could be a messy process.

While the above photograph is a press that worked similar to the mimeograph. In this case, wooden box slats were fed through press imprinting them with the name of the citrus grower.

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