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1898-1994, printer, Geneva, Switzerland

Sonor SA

1898 - 1994
1843-1877, soldier; photographer, British

Swiney, Captain Hugh Bladen

1843 - 1877
1871-1948, aviator; inventor, American

Wright, Orville

1871 - 1948
1873-1903, inventor, British

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903
1876-1958, poster artist; illustrator, British

Dexter, Walter

1876 - 1958
active 1844-1929, patentee of the Lowne's portable spirometer, British

Lowne, Robert Mann

1844 - 1929
1887-1942, painter; artist; porcelain painter; poster artist, British

Tittensor, Harry

1887 - 1942
1895-1970, medallist, British

Metcalfe, Percy

1895 - 1970
1866-1959, printer; publisher, London; Paris; New York

Raphael Tuck and Sons Limited

1866 - 1959
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian

van Neck, Louis

1853 - 1917
1850-1923, surgeon, British; English

Harrison Cripps, William

1850 - 1923
1862-1928, naturalist, author and lecturer, British

Kearton, Richard

1862 - 1928
1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian

Castagna, Ludwig

1867 - 1944
1863-1939; artist, British

Carter, Sir William

1863 - 1939
1883-1966, cartoonist; illustrator; poster artist, British; Welsh

Thomas, Herbert Samuel

1883 - 1966
1895-1949, poster artist; artist; painter, British

Marston, Freda

1895 - 1949
1885-1939, sculptor; medallist, French

Dammann, Paul-Marcel

1885 - 1939
c1840-1882, photographer, United States, Irish; American

O'Sullivan, Timothy H

1840 - 1882
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1839-1897, optical instrument maker, German-born; British

Hilger, Adam

1839 - 1897
1886-1923, Met Office employee, RNVR Lieutenant, RAF Flight Lieutenant, British

Gendle, Albert Edgar

1809 - 1923
1862-1969, brand 1862-1988, confectionary manufacturer, British

Rowntree

1862 - 1988
1848-1903, engineer, English; British

Holt, Henry Percy

1848 - 1903
1886-1924, lens manufacturer, Leicester, England

Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Limited

1886 - 1924
1885-1965, artist; sculptor; medallist, British

Preston, Edward Carter

1885 - 1965
1896 - 1962, engineer, designer, Ukraine

Bolsky, Jacques

1896 - 1962
active 1840s, barometer maker, London

Pastorelli and Son

1848 - 1849
1872-1944, artist, photographer, France

Dubreuil, Pierre

1872 - 1944
1858-1932, marine boiler designer, English; British

Reed, Joseph W

1858 - 1932
1894-1960, poster printer; printer; lithographer, London

The Baynard Press

1894 - 1960
1887-1960 (though name Raleigh still used), motor bike and cycle manufacturer, Nottingham, England

Raleigh Cycle Company Limited

1887 - 1960
1880-1934, paleopathologist, American

Moodie, Roy Lee

1880 - 1934
1889-1982, electrical engineer; inventor, Russian; American

Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma

1889 - 1982
1853-1967, tool manufacturers, Salford, England

Craven Brothers Limited

1853 - 1967
1842-1909, astronomical instrument maker, French

Gautier, Paul Ferdinand

1842 - 1909
1864-1950, photographer, British; English

Robinson, Alfred Hind

1864 - 1950
1890-1965, photographer, British

Jarché, James

1890 - 1965
1868-1947, manufacturer of chemicals, Battersea, London, England

Whiffen and Sons Limited

1868 - 1947
1826-1891, photographer, Canadian

Notman, William

1826 - 1891
1873-1928, artist; painter; poster artist, British

Sims, Charles Henry

1873 - 1928
1896-1985, poster artist; marine and landscape artist, British

Sherwin, Frank

1896 - 1985
1882-1973, son of Edgar Tarry Adams, British

Adams, Francis Norris

1882 - 1973
1872-1927, telegraph communications, United Kingdom

Eastern Telegraph Company

1872 - 1927
1876-1965, locomotive engineer and railway administrator, British

Stanier, Sir William Arthur

1876 - 1965
1899-1971, inventor; engineer, Swiss

Reutter, Jean-Léon

1899 - 1971
1851-1923, locomotive engineer, British

Ivatt, Henry A

1851 - 1923
1883-1928, light bulb filament manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Royal Ediswan

1883 - 1928
1851-1929, inventor, German-born; ethnically Jewish; American

Berliner, Emile

1851 - 1929
1879-1959, aviator; aircraft manufacturer; British; English

Grahame-White, Claude

1879 - 1959
1880-1969, artist; poster artist, British

Flint, Sir William Russell

1880 - 1969