Improvements in and relating to the Lettering of Advertising Show Cards and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 15th July, 1899-Accepted, 19th Aug., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Lettering of Advertising Show
Cards and the like.
I, WILLIAM BROWNLIE, of 116, James Street, Bridgeton, in the County of the
City of Glasgow, Lithographer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to the lettering
of advertising show cards and the like, and has for its object to enable enamelled
letters to be advantageously used by advertisers on show cards and the like
at a very much lower cost than heretofore.
According to my improvements I cement enamelled paper, parchment, "pega-
moid," silk or other cloth, or the like, of any desired shade or colour, upon
sheet metal plates such as tin, brass or copper, or other material suitable for
being embossed.
This is to form the exhibited front surface of the embossed letters, while
the back surface of these plates would have paper, cloth, or other suitable material
attached to it so as to cause glue or other cement to adhere when being affixed
to the surface of a show board. These plates would then be embossed into letters
by stamps and dies in a usual manner.
15th dex of November 1898.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.
Improvements in and relating to the Lettering of Advertising Show
Cards and the like.
I, WILLIAM BROWNLIE, of 116, James Street, Bridgeton, in the County of the
City of Glasgow, Lithographer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement in writing:
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to the lettering
of advertising show cards and the like, and has for its object to enable enamelled
letters to be advantageously used by advertisers on show cards and the like
at a very much lower cost than heretofore.
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According to my improvements I cement enamelled paper, parchment, "pega-
moid," silk or other cloth, tinfoil or the like, of any desired shade or colour,
upon sheet metal plates such as tin, brass or copper, or other material suitable
for being embossed.

page_text: This is to form the exhibited front surface of the embossed letters, while
the back surface of these plates would have paper, cloth, or other suitable material
attached to it so as to cause glue or other cement to adhere when being affixed
to the surface of a show card. These plates would then be embossed into letters
by stamps and dies in a usual manner.
The letters may then be placed upon card board or other suitable material
for putting into a frame with glass in front, or they may be placed upon tin,
brass, copper or other material with a suitable background formed of paper,
water colour, oil paint, and the like, suitable for framing without glass, or for
use without a frame. These letters are also intended to be used inside of shops,
warehouses, offices, or other places where there is a suitable surface for affixing
them to.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
First. The enamelled lettering of advertising show cards and the like con-
sisting in having sheet metal plates with enamelled paper or other suitable
medium cemented thereon, and embossed into letters, substantially as and in the
manner herein set forth.
Second. Show cards and the like having enamelled letters produced thereon
in the manner herein set forth.