COLLECTIONS CORNER:: Embosser

The featured artifact for this month is an embosser.  Embossing is a technique of creating an impression of some kind of design, lettering, or pattern on another surface like paper, cloth, or metal to make a relief. Embossing can be used for aesthetic purposes or, as in this case,  functionally. 

This Corporate Seal Embosser was used by the DeKalb Ag Research Incorporation of Delaware in 1938.  This is an important piece of the company’s history because the DeKalb Agricultural Association, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware during this year.  An employee would have used the embosser to mark legal papers to certify or cause to become certified through a notary public or bill.