Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
label: patent date
content: 1880-05-11
name: label: maker
content: Griffiths, Harry S.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements to the platen jobbing press, adapting it to ticket printing. The press had a roll feeder, numbering wheels, and slitting and cutting knives. The invention was granted number 227520.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.227520
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 227520
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.227520
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, platen printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31.5 cm x 30.5 cm x 27.5 cm; 12 3/8 in x 12 in x 10 13/16 in