Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 99101. The patent details a self-inking card-and-billhead treadle press on a simple clamshell principle.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Morgans, William T.
- date made
- ca 1870
- patent date
- 1870-01-25
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 cm x 24.8 cm x 20.5 cm; 9 7/16 in x 9 3/4 in x 8 1/16 in
- Object Name
- press, platen printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
