A. Dougherty fishing reel patent model
date: label: Date made
content: 1864
name: label: patentee
content: Dougherty, Andrew
notes: label: Description
content: Fishing reel patent model developed by Andrew Dougherty of Brooklyn, NY. The reel represents the sport's first patented friction brake. It was supplied by Dogherty to the United States Patent Office in conjunction with his patent application; no. 41,494, dated February 9, 1864.
label: Description
content: Between 1790 and1880, a submitted working model was required as part of the U.S. Patent application process.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Fishing
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Patent Models
label: Subject
content: Invention
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.59.0040
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: 59.40
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Reel Patent Model
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: fishing reel
label: Object Name
content: patent model, fishing reel
label: Object Name
content: reel, fishing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 5 in x 3 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 12.7 cm x 8.89 cm