Patent Model of a Hand Stamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1864
label: patent date
content: 1864-11-08
name: label: patentee
content: Whipple, Cullen
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a hand stamp which was granted patent number 45000. The stamp has a sliding bed covering an ink pad. One of the two hand levers pressed the type to the bed. The other pulled the bed back as the type was re-inked at the ink pad.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.045000
label: patent number
content: 045000
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.045000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; stamp, hand
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: 14.5 cm x 19.8 cm x 8.8 cm; 5 11/16 in x 7 13/16 in x 3 7/16 in