Patent model for printing or decorating the surface of celluloid
date: label: date made
content: ca 1886
label: patent date
content: 1886-07-27
name: label: patentee
content: Lefferts, Marshall C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for printing and decorating the surface of celluloid. A celluloid sheet was printed, and then heated under pressure against a polished sheet to finish the surface. The invention was granted patent number 346376. Model consists of two photogravure specimens.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The patent rights were assigned to the Celluloid Manufacturing Company, New York. Marshall Clifford Lefferts (born 1848) first worked with the American Telegraph Company. In 1870 he joined with the new Celluloid Manufacturing Company, of which he became president in 1890.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.346376
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 346376
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.346376
objectType: label: Object Name
content: process, celluloid printing
label: Object Name
content: specimen, paper
label: Object Name
content: decorating surface of celluloid
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: celluloid (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: part: photograph: 20 cm x 14.9 cm x .1 cm; 7 7/8 in x 5 7/8 in x 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: part: celluloid card: 12.3 cm x 7.8 cm x .1 cm; 4 13/16 in x 3 1/16 in x 1/16 in