Patent model for method of making wooden type
date: label: date made
content: ca 1852
label: patent date
content: 1852-12-07
name: label: maker
content: McCreary, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a method of stamping letters into blocks of wood from steel dies; the invention was granted patent number 9454. Thirty-five years later, a similar process was used extensively by the William H. Page Wood Type Company.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.009454
label: patent number
content: 009454
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.009454
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, wood type
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Type Casting
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Type Casting; Type Founding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .5 cm x 10.5 cm x 8.8 cm; 3/16 in x 4 1/8 in x 3 7/16 in