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United States Patent Office

Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Associated Institution:
U.S. Patent Office  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 19.4 × 24.7 cm (7 5/8 × 9 3/4")
Mount: 25.6 × 30.5 cm (10 1/16 × 12")
Mat: 40.6 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1866
Topic:
Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this
Exterior  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant  Search this
Architecture\Window  Search this
Architecture\Column  Search this
Architecture\Building  Search this
Architecture\Fence  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.POB14
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4eaf5911c-fd4a-45c1-993a-9de56b69a46c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.POB14

United States Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

Publisher:
W. B. Garrison, Inc., active early 1900s  Search this
Associated Institution:
U.S. Patent Office  Search this
Medium:
Color lithograph
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 9 × 14 cm (3 9/16 × 5 1/2")
Type:
Print
Date:
c. 1907-15
Topic:
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Architecture\Column  Search this
Architecture\Building  Search this
Symbols & Motifs\Flag  Search this
Exterior\Cityscape  Search this
Postcard  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of an anonymous donor
Object number:
NPG.POB140
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d7a4aaad-d2b7-4ddf-a8fa-e8ade27023c5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.POB140

United States Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

Publisher:
Washington News Co., active c. 1909 - 1957  Search this
Associated Institution:
U.S. Patent Office  Search this
Medium:
Color lithograph
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 8.9 × 14 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/2")
Type:
Print
Date:
c. 1915-30
Topic:
Architecture\Awning  Search this
Architecture\Column  Search this
Architecture\Building  Search this
Symbols & Motifs\Flag  Search this
Exterior\Cityscape  Search this
Postcard  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of an anonymous donor
Object number:
NPG.POB144
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm46e24fe07-4def-468b-8838-83c0ec948970
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.POB144

Interior View of the North Hall, United States Patent Office Model Room After the Fire of September 24th, 1877

Artist:
Lewis E. Walker, 1822 - 1880  Search this
Associated Person:
U.S. Patent Office  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 20.2 x 24.4cm (7 15/16 x 9 5/8")
Mount: 29 x 38.1cm (11 7/16 x 15")
Mat: 40.6 x 55.9cm (16 x 22")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\District of Columbia\Washington
Date:
1877
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired with a partial gift from Beverly J. Cox
Object number:
NPG.POB172
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4da6bc779-7fc0-4390-9700-dff044dcb0a7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.POB172

Interior View of the West Hall, United States Patent Office Model Room, After the Fire of September 24th, 1877

Artist:
Lewis E. Walker, 1822 - 1880  Search this
Associated Person:
U.S. Patent Office  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 20 x 24.4cm (7 7/8 x 9 5/8")
Mount: 29.1 x 28.1cm (11 7/16 x 11 1/16")
Mat: 40.6 x 55.9cm (16 x 22")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\District of Columbia\Washington
Date:
1877
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired with a partial gift from Beverly J. Cox
Object number:
NPG.POB173
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm42ec99a4f-d978-4415-85e4-a131e9e81491
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.POB173

United States Patent-Office Department, Washington, D.C.

Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Associated Institution:
U.S. Patent Office  Search this
Medium:
Photogravure reproduction of a wood engraving on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 15.8 × 21.2 cm (6 1/4 × 8 3/8")
Sheet: 25.3 × 32.8 cm (9 15/16 × 12 15/16")
Type:
Print
Date:
1867
Topic:
Exterior  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library
Object number:
NPG.POB23
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4c84fc723-b426-4961-822c-95614c605cb5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.POB23

United States Patent-Office Department, Washington, D.C.

Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Copy after:
Alexander Gardner, 17 Oct 1821 - 10 Dec 1882  Search this
Associated Institution:
U.S. Patent Office  Search this
Medium:
Wood engraving on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 27.4 × 23.1 cm (10 13/16 × 9 1/8")
Sheet: 40 × 28.2 cm (15 3/4 × 11 1/8")
Type:
Print
Date:
1867
Topic:
Exterior  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library
Object number:
NPG.POB24
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm46680337b-e44e-4d31-b3e8-a2613be84e91
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.POB24

United States Patent Office

Artist:
George D. Wakely, 1832 - 22 Apr 1922  Search this
Associated Institution:
U.S. Patent Office  Search this
Medium:
Stereoscopic albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet (each): 7.6 × 7.7 cm (3 × 3 1/16")
Mount: 8.3 × 17.2 cm (3 1/4 × 6 3/4")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\District of Columbia\Washington
Date:
1866
Topic:
Nature & Environment\Animal  Search this
Exterior  Search this
Architecture\Window  Search this
Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse  Search this
Architecture\Column  Search this
Architecture\Building  Search this
Architecture\Fence  Search this
Vehicle\Carriage  Search this
Photographic format\Stereograph  Search this
Toy\Wagon  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.POB74
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49b6aa3c1-a9f0-41b8-bd97-ce9dd3f2cd92
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.POB74

Patent Model for the Improvement in Picking Cotton

Inventor:
Rawl, David  Search this
Physical Description:
tinned iron (overall material)
leather (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 28 cm x 42 cm x 37 cm; 11 1/32 in x 16 17/32 in x 14 9/16 in
Object Name:
patent model, cotton picker
Object Type:
Patent Model
Associated place:
United States: South Carolina, Batesburg
Date made:
ca 1882
Patent date:
1882-10-31
Subject:
Cotton  Search this
ID Number:
AG.266884
Catalog number:
266884
Accession number:
89797
Patent number:
266,884
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Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Industry & Manufacturing
Agriculture
Invention and the Patent Model
Patent Models
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b1-ebd6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_857214
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United States Patent Office, Washington

Maker:
Peale, Titian Ramsay  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 6 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 13.97 cm
Object Name:
engraving
print
Subject:
Architecture, Public Buildings  Search this
ID Number:
PG.66.25A.24
Catalog number:
66.25A.24
Accession number:
263090
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Titian Ramsey Peale Collection
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-c42d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1815323

compass (surveyor's plain)

Owner and user:
Duval, Samuel  Search this
Washington, George  Search this
Owner:
Kimmel, Anthony  Search this
Maker:
Rittenhouse, David  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 13 3/4 in; x 34.925 cm
Object Name:
Compass (surveyor's plain)
Place made:
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Subject:
Surveying  Search this
ID Number:
PL.092538
Catalog number:
16108
Accession number:
13152
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Political and Military History: Political History
Exhibition:
American Presidency
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-699f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_747313

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Vol. 4. - No. 9, Tuesday, August 26, 1873

Maker:
U.S. Patent Office  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 28.1 cm x 18.9 cm; 11 1/16 in x 7 7/16 in
Object Name:
Pamphlet
Object Type:
Photomechanical Lithographic Processes
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
December 9, 1873
August 26, 1873
Subject:
Patented  Search this
ID Number:
GA.04214.20
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-f20a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1344838

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Vol. 4. - No. 24, Tuesday, December 9, 1873

Maker:
U.S. Patent Office  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 28.1 cm x 18.9 cm; 11 1/16 in x 7 7/16 in
Object Name:
Pamphlet
Object Type:
Photomechanical Lithographic Processes
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
December 9, 1873
Subject:
Patented  Search this
ID Number:
GA.04214.21
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-a1a9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1344842

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Vol. 5. - No. 3, Tuesday, January 20, 1874

Maker:
U.S. Patent Office  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 28.1 cm x 18.9 cm; 11 1/16 in x 7 7/16 in
Object Name:
Pamphlet
Object Type:
Photomechanical Lithographic Processes
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
Tuesday, January 20, 1874
Subject:
Patented  Search this
ID Number:
GA.04214.22
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5c63-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1344854

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Vol. 5. - No. 9, Tuesday, March 3, 1874

Maker:
U.S. Patent Office  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 28.1 cm x 18.9 cm; 11 1/16 in x 7 7/16 in
Object Name:
Pamphlet
Object Type:
Photomechanical Lithographic Processes
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
Tuesday, March 3, 1874
Subject:
Patented  Search this
ID Number:
GA.04214.23
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-b800-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1344858

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Vol. 5. - No. 19, Tuesday, May 12, 1874

Maker:
U.S. Patent Office  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 28.1 cm x 18.9 cm; 11 1/16 in x 7 7/16 in
Object Name:
Pamphlet
Object Type:
Photomechanical Lithographic Processes
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
Tuesday, May 12, 1874
Subject:
Patented  Search this
ID Number:
GA.04214.24
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-b801-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1344860

Account-o-Graph Calculating Machine

Physical Description:
rubber (overall material)
glass (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 18 cm x 38 cm x 28.1 cm; 7 3/32 in x 14 31/32 in x 11 1/16 in
Object Name:
calculating machine
Place made:
Germany: Berlin, Berlin
Date made:
ca 1913
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of L. Leland Locke
ID Number:
MA.311950
Catalog number:
311950
Accession number:
155183
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Calculating Machines
Science & Mathematics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1060-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_690623

Baldwin Arithmometer

Patentee:
Baldwin, Frank S.  Search this
Maker:
Baldwin, Frank S.  Search this
Physical Description:
brass (overall material)
steel (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 2 cm x 13 cm x 11.3 cm; 25/32 in x 5 1/8 in x 4 7/16 in
Object Name:
adding machine
Object Type:
Patent Model
Place made:
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Place patented:
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Date made:
1874
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
ID Number:
MA.308935
Accession number:
89797
Catalog number:
308935
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Adding Machines
Calculating Machines
Science & Mathematics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1b2e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_690839

Panorama of Washington

Depicted:
Washington, George  Search this
Maker:
Magnus, Charles  Search this
Measurements:
image: 31 1/2 in x 9 in; 80.01 cm x 22.86 cm
Object Name:
Lithograph
Place made:
United States: New York, New York City
Depicted:
United States: District of Columbia, Capitol Hill, United States Capitol
Date made:
1860
Referenced:
Civil War  Search this
Credit Line:
Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
ID Number:
DL.60.3781
Catalog number:
60.3781
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
American Civil War Prints
Art
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-eea5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_745299
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Stearns’ and Hodgson’s Patent Model of a Steam Engine Governor – ca 1852

Inventor:
Stearns, George R.  Search this
Hodgson, Will  Search this
Physical Description:
cast-iron (overall material)
Measurements:
over drive shaft: 12 in x 6 in; 30.48 cm x 15.24 cm
Object Name:
governor, steam engine
governor, steam engine, model
patent model, governor, steam engine
Place made:
United States: Ohio
Associated place:
United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
Date made:
1852
Patent date:
1852-08-31
Subject:
Patent Models  Search this
Steam Engines  Search this
Related Publication:
Frank A. Taylor. Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States National Museum, Bulletin 173
ID Number:
MC.251287
Catalog number:
251287
Accession number:
48865
Patent number:
9,236
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Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Engineering, Building, and Architecture
Work
Industry & Manufacturing
Patent Models
Exhibition:
Power Machinery
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-67f4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_846140

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