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A. J. Freiman Limited Fonds, 1914-1971

Inventor Name Freiman, A. J.

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Alabama Inventors Database, 1821 - 1974

Inventor Name Various Repository Birmingham Public Library2100 Park PlaceBirmingham, Alabama 35203205-226-3600http://www.bplonline.org/ Physical Description database

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George May Powell Papers, 1860-1915

Inventor Name Powell, George May

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Halbert L. Hoard Papers, 1872-1933

Inventor Name Hoard, Halbert L. Repository State Historical Society of WisconsinArea Research Center at Green BayCrofin Library, 7th FloorUniversity of Wisconsin-Green Bay2420 Nicolet DriveGreen Bay, WI 54311-7001920-465-2539

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Furniture (Warshaw Collection of Business Amerciana Vertical Ephemera Files Series), ca. 1814-1973

Inventor Name Various

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H. B. Smith Machine Company Legal Documents, 1794-1899

Inventor Name Smith, Hezekiah Bradley

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Henry W. Putnam Papers, 1844-1898

Inventor Name Putnam, Henry W. Repository University of WyomingAmerican Heritage CenterDept. 39241000 E. University AvenueLaramie, WY 82071307-766-4114http://ahc.uwyo.edu/default.htm

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Patents, Advertisements, and Receipts, 1864-1932

Inventor Name Barcalo, Edward J. Repository Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society25 Nottingham CourtBuffalo, NY 14216-3199716-873-9644http://www.bechs.org/

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Seng Company Patents, 1891-1939 (bulk 1891-1908)

Inventor Name Seng Company Repository Winterthur LibraryWinterthur Museum, Garden & LibraryWinterthur, DE 19735302-888-4853 Physical Description 1 box

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Olof Althin Papers, 1886-1920

Inventor Name Althin, Olof

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Gustav Stickley Papers, 1889-1962 (bulk 1901-1939)

Inventor Name Stickley, Gustav

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Cox (A. G.) Manufacturing Company Records, 1887-1938

Inventor Name Cox (A. G.) Manufacturing Company Repository North Carolina StateNorth Carolina State Archives4614 Mail Service CenterRaleigh, NC 27699-4614919-807-7310 

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Edwin M. Chaffee Patent, 1858

Inventor Name United States Patent Office Repository Dartmouth CollegeRauner Special Collections Library6065 Webster HallHanover, NH 03755-2519603-646-2037 Physical Description 2 items

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John Henry Belter Papers, 1856-ca. 1904

Inventor Name Belter, John Henry

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Anna Laura Jones Papers, 1906-1931

Inventor Name Jones, Anna Laura Repository Virginia Historical SocietyP.O. Box 7311Richmond, VA 23221804-358-4901http://www.vahistorical.org/research/main.htm

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Louis Halbert Hoard Papers, 1872-1933

Inventor Name Hoard, Halbert Louis

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John Augustus Griswold Papers, 1837-1895

Inventor Name Griswold, John Augustus

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Daniel Hall Family Papers, 1849-1870

Inventor Name Hall, Daniel Repository University of Maine at Orono5729 Raymond H. Fogler LibraryOrono, ME 04469-5729207-581-1661http://www.library.umaine.edu/speccoll/

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Theresa Barbara Peyton Papers, 1898-1917

Inventor Name Peyton, Theresa Barbara Repository Minnesota Historical Society345 W. Kellogg BlvdSt. Paul, MN 55102-1906651-297-4502http://www.mnhs.org Physical Description 8v. and 1 box

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