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Patent Model of Sholes & Glidden Typewriter, 1874-1878
Sholes, Christopher Latham, 1819-1890 and Glidden, Carlos1874/1878
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
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- Title: Patent Model of Sholes & Glidden Typewriter, 1874-1878
- Creator: Sholes, Christopher Latham, 1819-1890, Glidden, Carlos
- Date Created: 1874/1878
- Location: United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- Subject Keywords: Office equipment and supplies, Models (Patent), Typewriters
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Patent Place: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Patent Date: 1874
- Object Name: Model (Patent)
- Object ID: 29.1524.2
- Manufacturer: Sholes & Glidden
- Inventor: Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden
- Invention: Typewriter
- Image ID: THF152550
- Field: Communication
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Remington Rand Business Service.
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