Patent Model - Improvement in Burial-Caskets
Maker and role
John Homrighous, Patentee
Production date
Apr 16 1878
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Media/Materials
Wood
Measurements
5 x 9 x 5" (12.7 x 22.9 x 12.7cm)
Description
Homrighous's patent has for its object "to provide for undertakers an improved construction of burial-caskets, by which they may be adjusted any length, so as to enable the undertaker to keep on hand a full stock without being obliged to keep on hand as many caskets as are required by the present sizes." (Patent Number 202,440)
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Object number
2015.14.2570a,b
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