The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.

Xerox 914

1959 model of photocopier produced by Xerox; first successful commercial photocopier

The Xerox 914 was the first successful commercial plain paper copier. Introduced in 1959 by the Haloid/Xerox company, it revolutionized the document-copying industry. The culmination of inventor Chester Carlson's work on the xerographic process, the 914 was fast and economical.…