Model of Logging Bobsled, circa 1900
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Artifact Overview
Though the U.S. Patent Office no longer required patent models after 1880, many hopeful applicants continued to submit them, along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their inventions. These miniature models were usually not operational, but they helped explain inventors' ideas and protect them from competitors.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Model (Representation)
Date Made
circa 1900
Place of Creation
Location
at Greenfield Village in Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery
Object ID
30.182.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Louis H. Peck
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 2.5 in
Width: 3.5 in
Length: 8 in
Inscriptions
"Pat'd" in pencil(?) on one flat upper slat
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