Bickford N. Hemenway's 1872 School Desk Patent Model fragment
date: label: date made
content: 1872
label: patent date
content: 1872-07-16
name: label: patent holder
content: Hemenway, Bickford N.
label: transfer
content: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
label: inventor
content: Hemenway, Bickford N.
notes: label: Description
content: Bickford N. Hemenway from Rockland, Maine, received a U.S. patent for an improvement on adjustability of school desks. Patent no. 129559 was issued on July 16, 1872.
label: Description
content: This model contains a mechanism that allows the desktop to be adjusted in height. The desktop has a crevice to hold pencils and an inkwell. It is made of dark wood. Only the desktop has survived, and there is a crack down it's middle. It should be noted that while the application for the patent emphasizes an improvement for school desks, the text of the patent specifications also mentions the use could be applied to writing desks in offices and counting houses.
label: Description
content: We are not aware of any additional information about the inventor/patentee.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced in patent specifications
content: United States: Maine, Rockland
topic: label: general subject association
content: Education
label: classified
content: Patent Models
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: American History Education Collection
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Patent Model School Seats and Desks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.249602.596
label: catalog number
content: 249602.596
label: patent number
content: 129,559
label: accession number
content: 249602
objectType: label: Object Name
content: desk patent model fragment
label: Object Name
content: model
label: Object Name
content: desk model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 28.575 cm x 9.525 cm