Seal Press
date: label: date made
content: 1898
label: associated dates
content: 1888 / 1888
notes: label: Description
content: Cast iron seal press with the words "ASSOCIATION OF ACT. ASST. SURGEONS U.S. ARMY / *VIS UNITA FORTIO* / 1888" and “PATENTED / May 8, 1883 / Oct. 9, 1883.” The referenced patent was issued to R. Hale Smith, founder and leader of the R. H. Smith Manufacturing Co., in Springfield, Mass.
label: Description
content: Ref: R. Hale Smith, “Seal-Press,” U.S. Design Patent 13,897 (May 8, 1883).
label: Description
content: R. Hale Smith, “Seal-Press,” U.S. Patent 286,496 (Oct. 9, 1883).
label: Description
content: “Suicide of R. Hale Smith,” Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal (June 1, 1908): 41.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Army
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0004.01
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0004.01
label: accession number
content: 1994.0004
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Seal, Hand Press
label: Object Name
content: seal
label: Other Terms
content: Seal, Hand Press; Commerative and Association Items
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cast (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 28.3 cm x 6 cm x 17.5 cm; 11 1/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 6 7/8 in