Patent Model of a Book-Sewing Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1870
label: patent date
content: 1870-03-01
name: label: maker
content: Howe, Frederick Webster
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a book-sewing machine which was granted patent number 100407. The patent shows a system of supports for the long slender paper-sewing needles, which were apt to break in use.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.100407
label: patent number
content: 100407
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.100407
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Machine, Sewing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Object Type
content: machine sewing
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Sewing; Bookbinding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 cm x 26.3 cm x 17 cm; 4 5/16 in x 10 3/8 in x 6 11/16 in