C. H. Loomis 1870 Adjustable School Desk Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1870
notes: label: Description
content: Charles H. Loomis of New Philadelphia, Ohio received a U.S. patent for improvements in adjusting the desk height. Patent no.104,472 was issued on June 21, 1870.
label: Description
content: This desk model made of wood and metal and painted red with a place for an inkwell and has a drawer with two handles and a lock. The base is a flat metal piece with four holes presumably to bolt the desk to the floor or to a classroom row rail.
label: Description
content: We are not aware of any additional information about the inventor/patentee.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, New Philadelphia
topic: label: used
content: Education
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: Patent Model School Seats and Desks
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0244.173
label: accession number
content: 2014.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0244.173
objectType: label: Object Name
content: desk model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (ink well and ring drawer handles material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (stand and base material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: paper (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 cm x 18.5 cm x 15 cm; 7 3/32 in x 7 9/32 in x 5 29/32 in