Museum of Business Technologies

[kingpd@businessprints.net]

So I was thinking...more so fantasizing about starting a Museum of Business Technologies...the thing about dreaming though is that they can quickly turn into nightmares...

I wanted to have a place where people could go and see not just copiers but other office technologies through the ages.

I got this idea when I was looking at some old monk commercials xerox did for the 9200-9500 (1970s) I believe. I even had seen some commercials for the Xerox 914.

Does anyone know of any of these machines...among others...still around anywhere?

Does anyone on this forum remember selling or servicing these older machines as well as other models and from other manufacturers?

One of these days when I'm feeling energetic I'm going to see if any of the manufacturers have any extra footage or brochures...I just think it would be cool.

Please add your thoughts and stories so they can be remembered and shared. Maybe upload some old brochures if you have them. Or tell us how much they cost back then.

And definitely, since I'm not too old myself, recommend any models or other business technologies that would be a must for such a museum.

Who knows, maybe someday it will happen.

[zaza]

oh....the older copiers ...l remembre that ...like type writer (olivettie ...japy...others) also ..the mita 121 ...mita 211 ..you konw ...it's very happy old years .....

[Copier]

Museum of Business History and Technology :P

[Ducttape n Glue]

The old NOMDA, National Office Machine Dealers Association, renamed BTA, Business Technology Association, had an extensive collection on view in their Kansas City office for many years. I believe one collection was returned to its' owner and not sure what happened to the rest.
I once worked for a company that was started in 1919 and they had quite a collection of old business technology in the basement and since I started in 1974, I worked on some pretty old units, even for back then. Everything was heavy duty mechanical with simple electronics.
I still have file cabinets full of brochures dating back to the 50's.
I just finished working on an old Addressagraph Graphotype machine, the tag on it is dated August 1939, alittle C,O,A and its as good as new.

PS Copier, way cool link to the museum.

[kingpd@businessprints.net]

Museum of Business History and Technology :P

Cool link. Looks like they already invented the wheel so to speak.

[kingpd@businessprints.net]

The old NOMDA, National Office Machine Dealers Association, renamed BTA, Business Technology Association, had an extensive collection on view in their Kansas City office for many years. I believe one collection was returned to its' owner and not sure what happened to the rest.
I once worked for a company that was started in 1919 and they had quite a collection of old business technology in the basement and since I started in 1974, I worked on some pretty old units, even for back then. Everything was heavy duty mechanical with simple electronics.
I still have file cabinets full of brochures dating back to the 50's.
I just finished working on an old Addressagraph Graphotype machine, the tag on it is dated August 1939, alittle C,O,A and its as good as new.

PS Copier, way cool link to the museum.

Wow that's pretty interesting. I still learn something new everyday. Forgive my ignorance, but what is an "Addressagraph Graphotype machine?" Do you have a scanner? If you're ever bored and have nothing else going on, it would be cool to see your collection.

[Ducttape n Glue]

The Addressograph Graphotype machine types on metal plates, it embosses on metal. The new embossers do your credit cards, hospital address cards, medical cards all in plastic. These old beasts stamped metal, they use them in Army Navy Surplus Stores for dogtags and were used in industry for adressing plates that were then used to address everything from bills to newspapers.

I'll see if I scan a few images in.

[Ducttape n Glue]

Heres another, all metal, full of gears and cams and shafts, clanking and banging , way fun machines if you like mechanicals

[kingpd@businessprints.net]

That's very cool. It's amazing how many things are out there that I never knew existed...and how long things made 50-100 years ago were made to last...and last.

[Ducttape n Glue]

Heres another, all metal, full of gears and cams and shafts, clanking and banging , way fun machines if you like mechanicals

[kingpd@businessprints.net]

Yeah I like mechanicals. I still have an old typewriter (one of those that came in it's own case) that uses a black/red ribbon. I used to play/type with it when I was a kid. It was neat with the sound it made and the manual lever you have to pull to reset the carriage at the end of each line.

Some of those old things are still really nice for forms and envelopes and odd and ends things.