{"id":2630,"date":"2022-11-30T14:33:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T19:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/?post_type=archive&#038;p=2630"},"modified":"2023-03-28T14:15:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T18:15:15","slug":"currency-paper-contract","status":"publish","type":"archive","link":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/archive\/currency-paper-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Currency Paper Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 1878 the Treasury put out the following request for &#8216;distinctive papers&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Proposal-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Proposal-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Proposal-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Proposal-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Proposal-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Proposal-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Proposal-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first contract was awarded to Crane in 1879. The contract is in the Crane Museum archives bundled with paper samples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Contract-1879-Page-1-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Contract-1879-Page-1-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Contract-1879-Page-1-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Contract-1879-Page-1-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Contract-1879-Page-1-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Contract-1879-Page-1-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Contract-1879-Page-1-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>First page of the contract<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1879-signature-A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1879-signature-A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1879-signature-A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1879-signature-A-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1879-signature-A-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1879-signature-A-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1879-signature-A-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Contract signature page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/samples-1-and-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/samples-1-and-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/samples-1-and-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/samples-1-and-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/samples-1-and-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/samples-1-and-2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/samples-1-and-2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>2 paper samples with red and blue thread fibers, stamp dated 1878<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/attached-sample-with-thread-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2635\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/attached-sample-with-thread-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/attached-sample-with-thread-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/attached-sample-with-thread-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/attached-sample-with-thread-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/attached-sample-with-thread-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/attached-sample-with-thread.jpg 1831w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Backlit paper sample with a security thread<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2632,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive\/2630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/archive"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}