Patent for a Hand Cylinder Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1859
label: patent date
content: 1859-08-09
name: label: maker
content: Gordon, George Phineas
label: maker
content: Degener, Frederick O.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a self-inking hand-cranked cylinder press which was intended to replace the common iron lever press. The patent was granted patent number 25008.
label: Description (Brief)
content: George Gordon (1810-1878) started out as an actor but soon took up the printing trade in New York City. From 1851 he was responsible for a succession of jobbing presses--the Yankee, the Turnover, the Firefly, this cylinder press, and, finally, the Franklin jobber with which he established his name as well as his fortune. Degener was a Gordon employee in the 1850s, setting up in his own business in 1860. See also Degener's separate Patent 110018.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.11022
label: catalog number
content: GA*11022
label: accession number
content: 48865
label: patent number
content: 025008
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
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content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: patent model; press, printing; press, hand, Gordon & Degener
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.654 cm x 19.685 cm x 22.86 cm; 10 1/8 in x 7 3/4 in x 9 in