Summary
Glidden's Winner. Two twisted strand wire with two point barb around strand. This was the wire that the Supreme Court of USA declared the winner in the legal fight over patents.
Patent No: 157124 Nov 24, 1874 by Joseph F. Glidden of De Kalb, Illinois.
Part of the Jack Chisholm Fencing Collection.
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Collection Names
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Acquisition Information
Bequest from (Estate of) Jack Chisholm, 30 Jul 2001
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Patentee
Mr Joseph F. Glidden, Illinois, United States of America, 24 Nov 1874
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Classification
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Overall Dimensions
46.5 cm (Length), 2 cm (Outside Diameter)
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Exhibition Collection Management
465 mm (Length)
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References
Jack Glover Reference No: 69 Harold L. Hagemeier Reference No: 316 B
[Book] Glover, Jack. 1980. The 'Bobbed' Wire VI Bible., 1998
[Book] Hagemeier, Harold. 1998. Barbed Wire: Identification Encyclopedia., 1980
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Keywords
Agriculture, Barbed Wire, Fencing, Fencing Wire, Innovation & Design
