2006.19.7

Morrison "Perfection" Wire Stitching Machine

Cast steel frame, enameled black; splayed legs; lower arm on front arches up to bottom work table (note parts of the lower work table are missing); long arm on back arches up to motor support, flywheel, and wire forming and stapling machinery; wire spool on front , fed on arm into drive sprockets; foot shaped control pedals flank base; on/off power switch on right base; electric motor by Leland Electric, Dayton, OH; inventory label, "State of Illinois/Illinois School for the Blind/2426".

H-52 W-18 D-21 inches

ca. 1902

J.L. Morrison

Niagra Falls, NY

A wire stitching machine was used in the APH bindery to staple the spines of books and magazines. The machine feeds wire from a spool, cuts it, forms a staple, drives it, and folds over the points. An operator used foot pedals to control the machine. Similar machines are still in use at APH. The company acquired its first wire stitcher around 1902. APH purchased its first "Perfection" stitcher on February 14, 1910. They purchased another in March 1911. The Illinois Braille and Sightsaving School, formerly the Illinois School for the Blind, closed its printshop in the summer of 1963. Most of the machinery in the shop was bought by APH and brought to Louisville.

APH Collection