Patent Model for a Card Printing and Numbering Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1858
label: patent date
content: 1858-09-07
name: label: maker
content: Hill, George J.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a card printing and numbering machine which was granted patent number 21418. The patent describes a little press with a numbering wheel, designed primarily for the production of railroad tickets. Hill was a pioneer in numbering machines. His city, Buffalo, N.Y., became a center of the rail ticket business.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.021418
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 021418
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.021418
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Name
content: Press, Printing?
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Press, Printing?; Relief
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 cm x 27.5 cm x 20.7 cm; 6 11/16 in x 10 13/16 in x 8 1/8 in