Subject Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Rand, John Goffe, 1801-1873
setName: label: See more items in
content: John Goffe Rand papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 1; 2 folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1841-1844, 1941-1956
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.randjohn, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Found here are materials relating to the John Goffe Rand's invention and patent of the collapsible tin paint tube, including drawings and written descriptions. There are also patents from 1841 and 1844 for improvements to the tube and clippings celebrating anniversaries of the invention.