National Museum of American History
Ship Side Light, Patent Model
Hidden, Enoch · 1853
Among its many products, wealthy merchant Enoch Hidden's New York City brass foundry made ship's portholes, also called side lights. Hidden received patents in 1848 and 1853 for improvements to side lights, and this is the model he submitted to the Patent Office for the latter one.
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