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Patent model for method of making wooden type
McCreary, John
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a method of stamping letters into blocks of wood from steel dies; the invention was granted patent number 9454. Thirty-five years later, a similar process was used extensively by the William H. Page Wood Type Company.
- Date
- ca 1852
- Type
- manufacture, wood type
- Medium
- metal (overall material)
- Department
- NMAH
- Institution
- National Museum of American History
- Object number
- nmah_998747