George W. N. Yost Typewriter Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1885
label: patent date
content: 1885-03-17
name: label: inventor
content: Yost, George W. N.
notes: label: Description
content: This typewriter patent model accompanied George W.N. Yost’s patent application that received patent number 313,973 on March 17, 1885. The patent covered a variety of improvements to typewriters, including a platen and carriage adapted for regulating line and letter spacing, and a bell ringing on the carriage return.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Typewriters
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content: Computers & Business Machines
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.308633
label: catalog number
content: 308633
label: patent number
content: 313,973
label: patent number
content: 313,973
label: accession number
content: 89797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, typewriter
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: patent model, typewriter; typewriter; Standard; Manual
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 16 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 24.765 cm x 41.91 cm x 29.21 cm