Patent Model for a Traveler's Copying Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1858
label: patent date
content: 1858-10-26
name: label: maker
content: Platt, Edwin
label: maker
content: Platt, Jacob B.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a traveler’s letter copying press which was granted patent number 21902. The copying press could be dismantled and packed up for the road.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.021902
label: patent number
content: 021902
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.021902
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: press, copy
label: Object Name
content: press, copying
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: 16.3 cm x 28 cm x 18 cm; 6 7/16 in x 11 in x 7 1/16 in