Patent Model for a Postmarking and Cancelling Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-09-16
name: label: maker
content: Leavitt, Thomas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for an apparatus for postmarking and postmark-cancelling; it was granted patent number 219587. The patent details the feeding mechanism for a postmarking machine.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.249602.219586
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: catalog number
content: GA.249602.219586
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: machine, postmarking and cancelling
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 8 in x 8 in; 30.48 cm x 20.32 cm x 20.32 cm