BROWN, THE COLORED MAN WHO PACKS AND SEALS THE MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES.] Brown does his work in a cage at the end of the room in which the completion of the notes is accomplished--the room of the Division of Issues.
The notes are arranged in packages of one hundred before they are brought into the cage.

Each package has its paper strap, on which the number and denomination is given in printed characters.

Forty are put together in two piles of twenty each and placed an a power press.

This press is worked by a lever, something like an old-style cotton press.
There are openings above and below through which strings can be slipped after Brown has pulled the lever and compressed the package.
These strings hold the package together while stout manila paper is drawn around it.

This paper is folded as though about a pound of tea and sealed with wax.