Patent model for exercising machine, children's railway swing
date: label: date made
content: ca 1873
label: patent date
content: 1873-06-17
name: label: maker
content: Shaler, Reuben
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a rocking swing for children or invalids, unrelated to printing; the invention was granted patent number 139924.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This model may have entered the Graphic Arts Collection because of confusion over the word "exercising," which is also used for the softening of inking leather.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Patent Models, Graphic Arts
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.139924
label: patent number
content: 139924
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.139924
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; machine, exercising
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.8 cm x 26.2 cm x 7.8 cm; 1 1/2 in x 10 5/16 in x 3 1/16 in