Patent Model - Improvement in Scholars' Companions
Maker and role
Ludwig Schaefer, Patentee
Henry Hennings, Patentee
Production date
May 13 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Metal, paper, fabric
Measurements
7 x 3 3/4 x 2" (17.8 x 9.5 x 5.1cm)
Description
Schaefer and Hennings patented an invention meant to "provide for school-children a convenient means for carrying their school-books, pencils, pencil-sharpeners, pens, sponge, slate, rag, erasers, pen-wiper, &c." (Patent Number 215,399)
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Object number
2015.14.2884a-d
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