M.S. Palmer fishing reel patent model
date: label: Date made
content: 1860
label: patent date
content: 1860-02-28
name: label: inventor
content: Palmer, Mark S.
notes: label: Description
content: Fishing reel patent model developed by Mark S. Palmer of New Bedford, MA. The reel represents the sport's first patented level-wind mechanism. The reel was supplied by Palmer to the United States Patent Office in conjunction with his patent application; no. 27,305, dated February 28, 1860.
label: Description
content: Between 1790 and1880, a submitted working model was required as part of the U.S. Patent application process.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Bedford
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Patent Models
label: name of sport
content: Fishing
label: Subject
content: Invention
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.59.0039
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: 59.0039
label: patent number
content: 27305
label: patent number
content: 27305
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Reel Patent Model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, fishing reel
label: Object Name
content: reel, fishing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 in x 4 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm x 11.43 cm