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Patent Model of a Hand Stamp
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Patent Model of a Hand Stamp

Whipple, Cullen · ca 1864 · metal (overall material)

From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a hand stamp which was granted patent number 45000. The stamp has a sliding bed covering an ink pad. One of the two hand levers pressed the type to the bed. The other pulled the bed back as the type was re-inked at the ink pad.

National Museum of American History’s own description
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PatentsModelspatent modelstamp, handWork and Industry: Graphic Arts
Credit linePatent Model of a Hand Stamp. ca 1864. Whipple, Cullen. National Museum of American History. CC0.
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