Basket for Goldman's Folding Basket Carriage
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Object Details
- Folding Basket Carrier Co.
- Description (Brief)
- To increase shoppers ability to purchase more groceries, Sylvan Goldman of Oklahoma City, developed a "combination of basket and carriage." He devised a folding frame with wheels and two shelves which held two stock wire baskets. He filed for patent on March 14, 1938 and recieved approved patent on April 9, 1940 for the Folding Basket Carriage for Self-Serivce Stores.
- ca 1937
- ID Number
- CL.302377.02
- accession number
- 302377
- patent number
- 2196914
- catalog number
- 302377.02
- Object Name
- Shopping Cart
- Basket, Shopping Cart
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 21 in x 15 in; 35.56 cm x 53.34 cm x 38.1 cm
- place made
- United States: Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
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- Work and Industry: Business and Retail
- Food
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Exhibition
- Object Project
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1216281
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a33a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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