Thomas Hart Benton Turner and Horace A. Logan's 1880 School Desk and Seat Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1880
label: patent date
content: 1880-08-24
label: associated date
content: 1869
name: label: patentee
content: Turner, Thomas H. B.
label: patentee
content: Logan, Horace Archy
label: transfer
content: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
label: inventor
content: Turner, Thomas H. B.
label: inventor
content: Logan, Horace Archy
notes: label: Description
content: Thomas Hart Benton Turner and Horace Archy Logan from Clinton, Missouri, received a U.S. patent for an improved school desk. Patent no. 231509 was issued on August 24, 1880.
label: Description
content: The dark wooden model is currently broken in four pieces and in poor condition.
label: Description
content: We are not aware of any additional information about the inventor/patentee.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced in patent specifications
content: United States: Missouri, Clinton
topic: label: general subject association
content: Education
label: classified
content: Patent Models
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: American History Education Collection
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Patent Model School Seats and Desks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.249602.585
label: catalog number
content: 249602.585
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: patent number
content: 231,509
objectType: label: Object Name
content: school desk
label: Object Name
content: model
label: Object Name
content: desk model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 5.715 cm