refinished american industrial factory office addressograph machine base with newly added varnished wood table top. the heavily reinforced machine base is comprised of cast iron with a mostly uniform brushed metal finish. the repurposed stationary worktable can be used in a variety of design settings. the bolted stretchers provide added support and stability. the flared legs feature intact flat foot pads. the tabletop is fastened securely to the base. likely fabricated by the addressograph-multigraph corporation, cleveland, ohio. an addressograph is an address labeler and labeling system. in 1896, the first u.s. patent for an addressing machine, the addressograph was issued to joseph smith duncan of sioux city, iowa. it was a development of the invention he had made in 1892. his earlier model consisted of a hexagonal wood block onto which he glued rubber type which had been torn from rubber stamps. while revolving, the block simultaneously inked the next name and address ready for the next impression. the "baby o" model was put into production on the july 26, 1893 in a small back room of the old caxton building in chicago, illinois. the original company which manufactured the addressograph, addressograph international, merged in 1932 with american multigraph of cleveland, ohio to form the addressograph-multigraph corporation manufacturing highly efficient addressograph and duplicating machines. measures 19 x 18 x 30 inches.