Barbed Wire Collection Display, Patented 1868 - 1894
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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
1876-1881
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Illinois, Hometown
Creator Notes
Display made by Ed Mulcrone of Hometown, Illinois. Barbed wires found in display made by numerous makers and patent date ranges from 1868 - 1894.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.4.9
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Metal
Paint (Coating)
Color
Yellow (Color)
Orange (Color)
White (Color)
Black (Color)
Red
Dimensions
Height: 42 in (Closed)
Width: 22 in (Closed)
Length: 5 in (Closed)
Inscriptions
on left display board: WARNING PLATE / KNICKERBOCKER PAT. 1876 NEW LENOX, ILL. / STOVER CLIP PAT. 1875 FREEPORT, ILL. / H. SCUTT'S V-PLATE PAT 1878 JOLIET ILL. / KELLY'S DIAMOND - POINT PAT. 1868 N.Y. N.Y. / KELLY'S DIAMOND - CRIMPED PAT. 1868 N.Y. N.Y. / FRENTRESS DIAMOND - SPLIT PAT. 1875 DUNLEITH, ILL. / CRANDAL'S "CHAMPION" TWO WIRE PAT. 1879 CHICAGO, ILL. / RITER'S DOUBLE - EDGE PAT. 1886 BROWNVILLE, IND. / HODGE'S SPUR - WHEEL 10 PT. PAT. 1887 BELOIT, WIS. / HODGES SPUR TWISTED 10 - POINT VARIATION / BROTHERTON STAPLED ON WOODEN BLOCK / HUFFMAN'S FLATTENED PAT. 1889 FRIEND, NEBR. / HAISH'S PPARALLEL PAT. 1885 DE KALB, ILL. / FRYE'S PARALLEL PAT. 1878 MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA / BURNELL'S PARALLEL PAT. 1877 MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA on right side display board: STRAND LINK + SAWTOOTH / USED ROCK SAW WIRE - HIGH TINSEL / ELECTRIC FENCE "SIX-IRON STRAND WIRE'S" [sic] / CLEAVELAND'S "4 STRAND BRAID" 1892 INDY, IND. / ROCK SAW WIRE USED AS FENCING / GLIDDEN'S FOUR STRAND WITH TWO POINTS / GLIDDEN'S 7 STRAND 1 - LINE WIRE PAT. 1874 DE KALB, ILL. / POOLER - JONES THREE POINT PAT.1876 SERENA, ILL. / CURTIS TWISTED RIBBON PAT. 1894 WORCESTER, MASS. / CLOTHE'S [sic] LINE LINKS MADE IN COLORADO / CRANDAL'S TELEGRAPH SPLICE PAT. 1881 CHICAGO, ILL. / BUCKTHORN MEDIUM WIDTH N.Y. N.Y. / T. V. ALLIS "BUCKTHORN" PAT. 1881 NEW YORK, N.Y. / ALLIS SAW TOOTH WIRE PAT. 1881 N.Y. N.Y. / SAW TOOTH RIBBON WIRE ROUND POINT / LARGE SAW TOOTH RIBBON TWISTED WIRE handwritten on side: WARNING PLATE / STRAND LINK + SAWTOOTH
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