Cooking Stove Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1870-02-08
label: patent date
content: 1870-02-08
name: label: inventor
content: White, Alexander
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 99,613) of a swelled-front cooking stove with sliding double doors and a grate that moves laterally and swings down using the wooden handle for easy ash disposal; made by Alexander White of Geneseo, IL, and patented on February 8, 1870. Painted black. No marks on object, but three paper tags with red and purple wove ribbon are printed and handwritten with patent information and object numbers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Geneseo
label: associated place
content: United States: Illinois, Geneseo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251521
label: catalog number
content: 251521
label: patent number
content: 99,613
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stove, cooking
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior finish material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 5/8 in x 10 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in; 16.8275 cm x 27.305 cm x 15.875 cm