Barbed Wire Collection Display, Patented 1874-1890
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Inventors received hundreds of patents for barbed wire during the late 1800s. Some innovators created strands of fencing with sharp metal points cut into the wire; others incorporated small wire spurs twisted and attached to the wire to create a painful barrier. Each inventor believed their variation made the best fencing to keep livestock out of crop fields or confine them to pastures.
Inventors received hundreds of patents for barbed wire during the late 1800s. Some innovators created strands of fencing with sharp metal points cut into the wire; others incorporated small wire spurs twisted and attached to the wire to create a painful barrier. Each inventor believed their variation made the best fencing to keep livestock out of crop fields or confine them to pastures.
Artifact
Showcase
Date Made
1874-1890
Creators
Dodge, Thomas Hutchins, 1823-1910
Washburn, Charles G. (Charles Grenfill), 1857-1928
Creator Notes
Barbed wire patented 1874-1890
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.4.7
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Metal
Paint (Coating)
Color
Red
Blue
Green
White (Color)
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 42 in (Closed)
Width: 22 in (Closed)
Length: 5 in (Closed)
Inscriptions
on left display board: TWO+LINE / HAISH'S ORIGINAL "S" BARB PAT. 1875 DE KALB, ILLINOIS / GLIDDEN'S "WINNER" PATENT 1874 DE KALB, ILL. / UPHAM'S BENT STAPLE BARB PAT. 1882 STERLING, ILL. / DODGE-WASHBURN'S "2 AROUND 2" WORCESTER, MASS. / NADELHOFFER'S "TWIST" PAT. 1884 NAPERVILLE, ILL. / GLIDDEN'S SMALL AND LARGE TWO LINE DE KALB, ILL. / WAUKEGAN WIRE HALF ROUND BARB / BEERS-EATON'S "CROSSOVER" PAT. 1880 CHICAGO-DE KALB / ATOMIC REACTOR FENCE W.W. II PALOS HGTS. ILL. / HAISH'S WIDE "S" BARB PAT. 1875 DE KALB ILL. / UPHAM'S "SNAIL BARB" PATENT 1883 / SCUTT'S "TWISTED" PAT. 1880 JOLIET ILLINOIS / DECKER'S "SPREAD" PAT. 1884 BUSHNELL, ILL. / GLIDDEN TYPE WIRE WITH RED PAINTED BARB'S [sic] / J. NELSON 2-POINT 2-LINE PAT. 1876 CHICAGO, ILL. on right side display board: CHECK+PLATE / HAWORTH'S STOPS FOR CORD 1879 DECATUR, ILL. / MITTLESON'S BALL CHECK PAT. 1885 STERLING, ILL. / CAST BELL SINGLE LINE CORN PLANTER'S WIRE / HAWORTH'S "CASTED HOOKS" PAT. 1880 ILLINOIS / LARGE COMMON CHECK BELL SINGLE LINE / "SPLIT LOBED BELL CHECK WIRE / SMALL COMMON CHECK BELL SINGLE LINE. / PAPER CLIP CHECK WIRE, SINGLE LINE / DEKER SPREAD 2" PAT. 1890 BUSHNELL ILL. / STUBBE'S PLATE 8 POINT PAT. 1883 PITTS. PA. / H. SCUTT'S WOOD BLOCK PAT. 1880 JOLIET ILL. / RAILWAY CATTLE XING GROUND GUARD handwritten on side: TWO-LINE / CHECK+PLATE
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