Patent Model of a Plate Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1878
label: Date made
content: May 7, 1878
label: patent date
content: 1878-05-07
name: label: maker
content: Kenworthy, Thomas C.
label: maker
content: McGregor, Archibald
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a printing press which was granted patent number 203465. The patent describes a copper plate press in which the "plank" or bed carrying the plate ran vertically. The plate was heated by steam, and automatically inked and wiped.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Patent Models, Graphic Arts
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content: Work
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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.89797.203465
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.230465
label: patent number
content: 230465
label: accession number
content: 89797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 cm x 34 cm x 27 cm; 11 in x 13 3/8 in x 10 5/8 in