Patent Model - Preserving Fresh Fish
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Charles Alden (b.1810, d.1887), Patentee
Production date
Dec 07 1880
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, brass, wood
Measurements
9 x 8 x 5 3/4" (22.9 x 20.3 x 14.6cm)
Description
Alden's patent is for "new and useful improvements in processes for putting up and preserving fresh codfish and other fresh fish, as an article of food, without the aid of salt or other condiment, whereby a new article of manufacture and commerce is produce, the same not having been used or known previous to my invention." (Patent Number 235,116)
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Object number
2015.14.3289a,b
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