Shepherd's Monitor Slate Desk, circa 1877
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Portable desk
Date Made
circa 1877
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.0.34.1457
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Slate (Rock)
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Brown
Black (Color)
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 2.5 in
Width: 10.5 in
Length: 7.5 in
Inscriptions
on label:
J[missing]T OUT FOR 1877. / SHEPHERD'S / Monitor Slate Desk. / When the copy is removed, you have the full surface / of the Slate, when the Slate is tu[missing]d over, you have the / bottom of the Slate inclined as a desk to write upon. / All infringements upon my Patent will be prosecuted by Law, to the / fullest extent. / Patented January 11th 1877 and january 19th 1877. / C. C. SHEPHERD, New York.
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