Patent Model of a Press for Card and Ticket Printing
date: label: Date made
content: 1865
label: date made
content: ca 1865
label: patent date
content: 1865-06-27
name: label: maker
content: Sangster, James
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a card and ticket press which was granted patent number 48493. The patent details a self-inking press in which a series of flattened surfaces on a large rotating drum provided multiple platens. The type was suspended face down and lowered against the drum. Paper could be fed from a roll, or placed on the flat surfaces, a card at a time, as each platen approached the type. There was also a numbering device.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.048493
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 048493
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.048493
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Name
content: block holder, stereotype
label: Object Name
content: ticket printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26.1 cm x 13.8 cm x 15.2 cm; 10 1/4 in x 5 7/16 in x 6 in