Patent Model of a Printers' Lead Racks
date: label: date made
content: ca 1873
label: patent date
content: 1873-02-18
name: label: maker
content: Dearing, Octavus A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a printer's lead rack which was granted patent number 135894. The patent describes a cabinet of graded slots, vertically arranged. According to Dearing, leads were usually stored on ordinary type cases adapted for the purpose.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.135894
label: patent number
content: 135894
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.135894
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, printers lead racks
label: Object Name
content: Rack, Printer's Lead
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 cm x 9.5 cm x 30.5 cm; 11 13/16 in x 3 3/4 in x 12 in