Item 81862 - Postcard processing room, Oxford Paper Company, Rumford, 1903

Item 81862 - Postcard processing room, Oxford Paper Company, Rumford, 1903
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Item 81862
Postcard processing room, Oxford Paper Company, Rumford, 1903
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In 1903, Rumford's Oxford Paper Company, owned by Hugh J. Chisholm, secured what was then considered one of the most valuable contracts in the paper industry--the manufacture of all the postal cards used by the United States Post Office. The Oxford produced these cards at a rate of 3 million per day.

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