Nursing Nipple

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Description:

Patent model for H. W. Libbey, “Improvement in Nursing Bottles,” U.S. Patent 78,881 (June 16, 1868). Libbey was a physician in Cleveland, Ohio.

Date Made: ca 1863Patent Date: 1868-06-16

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Ohio, Cleveland

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-04337Catalog Number: M-04337Accession Number: 89797Patent Number: 78,881

Object Name: infant nurser; patent modelinfant feeder, patent modelinfant feederpatent modelinfant nurser

Physical Description: cloth (straps material)metal (forms(2) material)Measurements: overall-each: 1 1/4 in x 5 1/8 in; 3.175 cm x 13.0175 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-77c1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_729019

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