Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1857
label: patent date
content: 1857-12-08
name: label: patentee
content: Hawkes, Charles W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 18812. Called the Magic Card Press, it is a self-inking platen press with automatic card dropper and an ink drum below the type bed.
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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.89797.018812
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 018812
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.018812
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
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: 32.5 cm x 17.4 cm x 26.3 cm; 12 13/16 in x 6 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in