What purpose did this paper serve?

September 24, 2019May 8, 2020 L.T. Hanlon2 Comments

Photo of a 4-by-7-inch piece of brown paper lying on top of a Hermes 3000 semi-squaretop typewriter. The piece of paper has the brand name Bran-O-Rost printed on it. This specially coated paper was found inside the typewriter and might have been there to prevent rust.

Bran-O-Rost (or Branorost) paper is still available and Brangs + Heinrich is still around too — although its headquarters is now in Germany, not Switzerland.

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Michael Arau says:

September 25, 2019 at 6:01 am

I suspect it is the equivalent of the silica gel packets pound in modern products. It probably was made in the era od common sense as it does not have “Do Not Eat” emblazoned on it.

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Mark Petersen says:

September 26, 2019 at 10:22 am

That’s a new one to me. Very interesting, thanks for sharing what you learned.

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