Patent Model of a Flatbed Cylinder Printing Press for Cards and Tickets
date: label: date made
content: ca 1874
label: patent date
content: 1874-01-27
name: label: maker
content: Watson, John
label: maker
content: Jones, Albert
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a flatbed press which was granted patent number 146792. The patent details a press for printing and numbering tickets. A double strip of card stock was fed through the press. At the first pass, text was printed on one half of the sheet and the numbers on the other. The sheet was turned end-to-end and put through a second time to complete the tickets.
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.146792
label: patent number
content: 146792
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.146792
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, flatbed cylinder printing
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: 28 cm x 31 cm x 35 cm; 11 in x 12 3/16 in x 13 3/4 in