Frank T. June's 1878 School Desk Connecting Improvement Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1878
label: patent date
content: 1878-01-01
name: label: patentee
content: June, Frank T.
label: transfer
content: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
label: inventor
content: June, Frank T.
notes: label: Description
content: Frank T. June from Chicago, Illinois, received a U.S. patent for an improved school desk. Patent no. 198922 was issued on January 1, 1878.
label: Description
content: This model has four thick, large wooden slats held together by a vertical cast iron rod. The patent established a way to join the slats that form seat backs and seat. The vertical standards would feature a groove and dovetailed slats would slide into place. This system offered ease of construction with few tools.
label: Description
content: Frank T. June joined Aaron J. Hull in running the Novelty Iron Works which produced the supports and metal work for many school desk manufacturers. It later became Sterling School Furniture Company. At one time, Hull also served as President of the Sherwood School Furniture Company. A prolific inventor, Hull moved from desks to pumps in the late 1870s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced in patent specifications
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: classified
content: Patent Models
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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.65.0405
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: catalog number
content: 65.0405
label: patent number
content: 198,922
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model
label: Object Name
content: desk improvement patent model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 4 in x 2 3/4 in; 27.94 cm x 10.16 cm x 6.985 cm