Glidden Fence Making Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1870 - 1874
label: patent date
content: 1874-12-08
name: label: inventor
content: Glidden, Joseph F.
label: inventor
content: Vaughan, Phineas W.
notes: label: Description
content: On December 8, 1874 Joseph Glidden and Phineas Vaughn patented this machine for making wire fences. This apparatus attached barbs to double stranded wire cables that were used to corral cattle. The machine boasts a mahogany base and metal end pieces that are painted green with gold edging.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Illinois, De Kalb
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Agriculture
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.157508
label: catalog number
content: 157508
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: 308814
label: patent number
content: 157,508
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, fence making machine, wire
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)