Patent Model of a Platen Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1870
label: patent date
content: 1870-01-25
name: label: maker
content: Morgans, William T.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 99101. The patent details a self-inking card-and-billhead treadle press on a simple clamshell principle.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.099101
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 099101
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.099101
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, platen printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 cm x 24.8 cm x 20.5 cm; 9 7/16 in x 9 3/4 in x 8 1/16 in