Patent Model of a Hand Printing Press for Amateur Printers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1868
label: patent date
content: 1868-07-07
name: label: maker
content: Hall, H. M.
label: maker
content: Espey, George W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a hand-operated portable printing press was which granted patent number 79751. The press consisted of a box, the lid being the platen, operated by a hand lever. Built-in grippers released the paper when the lid was lifted. The model is accompanied by a card bearing the inscription "Little Giant Hand Printing Press.”
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.079751
label: patent number
content: 079751
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.079751
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, hand 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: 28.2 cm x 22.7 cm x 19 cm; 11 1/8 in x 8 15/16 in x 7 1/2 in