Barbed Wire Collection Display, Patents 1853-1911
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Showcase
Date Made
1853-1911
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Display made by Ed Mulcrone of Hometown, Illinois. Barbed wires found in display made by numerous makers and patent date ranges from 1876-1894.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.4.11
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Metal
Paint (Coating)
Color
Red
Orange (Color)
Green
White (Color)
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 42 in (Closed)
Width: 22 in (Closed)
Length: 5 in (Closed)
Inscriptions
on left display board:
THE GRANDADDY OF THEM ALL / "MERRIWEATHER" [sic] / PATENT 1853 NEW BRAUNFELS TEXAS / THE EARLIEST PATENT ON RECORD / SPECIAL WIRE / FIRST HAND MADE BARBED WIRE BY GLIDDEN OF DEKALB, ILL. / FACTORY "GOOF" MODERN TWO POINT TWISTED / "HISTORICAL" FROM ATOMIC WASTE DUMP PALOS HGTS, ILL. / "CORTEN STEEl" EXPERIMENTAL WIRE STEARLING, ILLINOIS / "MEXICO" FOUR POINT TWISTED TWO LINE / "SPAIN" ROUND UNDERBARB = SEMI-FLAT BETWEEN BARBS / SOUTH AFRICA "KENYA" FOUR POINT BARB TWISTED / OLD FORTRESS SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO BOB MULCRONE / WOODEN BARB FOUND EVERYWHERE
on right side display board:
RIBBON WIRE / CONNELLY'S RAIL PAT. 1881 ALLEGHENY, PA. / BRINKERHOFF'S LANCE PAT. 1879 AUBURN, N.Y. / BRINKERHOFF'S RIBBON AUBURN, N.Y. / BRINKERHOFF'S BUCKLE SABER VARIATION / BRINKERHOFF'S FRONT CUT BARB RIBBON / BRINKERHOFF'S WIDE CLAMP BARB N.Y. / KIRCHHOFFER'S-STRETCHER-1881-CHICAGO, ILL. / ELSEY'S CLAMP-ON PAT. 1882 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. / TWISTED METALLIC FENCING STRIP / SCUTT'S ROD-RAIL PAT. 1883 JOLIET, ILLINOIS / HARBAUGH'S TORN-RIBBON PAT. 1881 LAWRENCE, KANSAS / HARBAUGH'S CUT-RIBBON 1881 LAWRENCE, KANS. / JUDSON-CANADIAN RIBBON WIRE PAT. 1911. / FORD'S FLAT RIBBON PAT. 1875 PROVIDENCE, R.I.
handwritten on side:
SPECIAL WIRE / RIBBON WIRE
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