Early Office Museum
Antique Stapler Gallery
~ Paper Fastener Punches ~
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Swartwout's Paper
Fastener & Binder
Marketed Metallic Paper Fasteners 1864 ~ Marketed Patent
Metallic Paper Fastener and Binder 1872
Swartwout Mfg. Co., New York, NY
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)
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Swartwout's Paper Fastener and Binder |
McGill's Paper Fastener Press
Similar to 1867 Patent ~ Advertised 1878-1961
Holmes, Booth & Haydens, New York, NY
"McGill's Patent Paper Fasteners" were on the market in 1867
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
In 1867, George W. McGill warned buyers that brass paper fasteners sold by
anyone other than himself, including the three types listed immediately below,
violated his patents:
Hamilton's Paper Fastener, New York, NY
Boynton's Paper Fastener and Eyelet, The Boynton Eyelet and Paper Fastener
Co., New York, NY
Universal Paper Fastener, French Self-Fastening Button
Co., Brooklyn, NY
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Box of McGill's Paper Fasteners, advertised in this
style of box 1880-97
McGill's Fastener Press
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Boynton's Eyelet and
Paper Fastener Press
Advertised c. 1867
The Boynton Eyelet and Paper Fastener Co.
New York, NY
No illustration of this press is available.
The brass paper fasteners that were inserted in papers were similar those
inserted by the McGill fastener press, except that they also included a
brass washer.
Boynton replied to McGill's charge of patent infringement with advertising
asserting McGill's patents were invalid and, in any case, not
infringed. Boynton claimed that fasteners like those produced by
McGill were imported into the US as early as 1858 and were sold in Europe
for several years before 1858.
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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."
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McGill Fastener Punch
Patented 1874 ~ Advertised 1880-1930
Holmes, Booth & Haydens,
New York, NY
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McGill's Punch
and Anvil
Advertised 1879-87
Holmes, Booth & Haydens
New York, NY
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McGill Fastener Press
Patented 1884 ~ Advertised 1885
Homes, Booth & Haydens
New York, NY
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Universal Fastener
Punch
Advertised 1887
U.S.
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| Clover Fastener Press
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Krahn Punch (a.k.a.
Temple Punch)
1902 ~ Advertised 1930-36
Krahn Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, WI
Subsequently, Geo. J. Meyer Mfg. Co, Milwaukee, WI
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McGill's Fastener Press
Advertised 1912, 1930
U.S. |
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Hole Punching
Press No. 33
Advertised in 1920s, but design appears older
U.K.
Courtesy of Curtis Scaglione |
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Paper Fastener Press
Design Registered 1925
U.K. |
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Dennison's Desk Casket
of Paper Fasteners
U.S. |
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