Burial Casket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
label: associated date
content: 1875
label: patent date
content: 1876-01-18
name: label: inventor
content: Pittman, Aaron
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Aaron Pitman of Matawan, New Jersey, “Improvement in Burial Caskets,” U.S. Patent 172,482 (January 18, 1876). Pitman's invention proposed a coffin made of celluloid cast in a mold. He claimed his invention would be water-tight, and of great strength and durability. Corpses would not decompose when the coffin was properly sealed and interior air exhausted.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Matawan
label: associated place
content: United States: New Jersey, Matawan
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.314637.02383
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 314637.02383
label: patent number
content: 172,482
objectType: label: Object Name
content: burial casket, patent model
label: Object Name
content: patent model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bone (tag, patent material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (tag, patent material)