Eldridge Haynes's 1877 School Desk and Seat Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1877
label: patent date
content: 1877-01-30
name: label: patentee
content: Haynes, Eldridge
label: transfer
content: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
label: inventor
content: Haynes, Eldridge
notes: label: Description
content: Eldridge Clark Haynes from Kirk's Cross Roads, Indiana, received a U.S. patent for an improved school desk. Patent no. 186729 was issued on January 30, 1877.
label: Description
content: This model is made of wood and has metal hinges. It has alternating light and dark slats of wood and the seat folds up. It does not have legs, but rather has two boards for base support. There is a shelf underneath the desk top for storage and a routed crevice for holding pencils.
label: Description
content: Eldridge Haynes was born on July 10, 1816 in New York. He died on August 25, 1882 in Kirklin, Indiana.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced in patent specifications
content: United States: Indiana, Kirklin
topic: label: general subject association
content: Education
label: classified
content: Patent Models
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: American History Education Collection
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Patent Model School Seats and Desks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.65.0402
label: catalog number
content: 65.0402
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: patent number
content: 186,729
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model
label: Object Name
content: desk model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 7 1/2 in x 9 in; 22.86 cm x 19.05 cm x 22.86 cm