Object ID:
1992.52a-b
Title:
Desk slate with board
Description:
(a) Oak veneer board has wooden clamp; (b) nickel-plated brass slate has four rows of thirty-seven cells and is stamped "Made by Cooper Eng. & Mfg. Co., Chicago."
Date:
ca. 1925
Made by:
Cooper Engineering & Manufacturing Company
Place of Origin:
Chicago
Provenance:
Cooper Engineering obtained the slatemaking equipment and designs of Samuel Seifreid following his death in 1912. They sold their slatemaking business to APH in 1924.
Credit Line:
APH Collection, 1992.52
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Desk slate
Desk slate