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1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1919-1995, multimedia publisher, educational film makers, Chicago

Society for Visual Education Inc.

1919 - 1995

Wilson, Reginald Holmes

1905 - 1999
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1852-1926, amateur photographer, brewer, British

Adams, Edgar Tarry

1852 - 1926
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

Lyons, Henry

1864 - 1944
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian

Castagna, Ludwig

1867 - 1944
1906-1970, photographer, Britain

Malindine, Edward George

1906 - 1970
active 1925-1998, manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, Liverpool

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998
1915-1960, aircraft manufacturer, Hayes, Middlesex; Stockport, Cheshire; Hamble, Hampshire, England, British

Fairey Aviation Company Limited

1915 - 1960
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1924-c.1965, radio and television manufacturer, Slough; Kent

Kolster Brandes Limited

1924 - 1965
1861-1927, zoologist, British

Shipley, Sir Arthur Everett

1861 - 1927
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
1851-1922, artist; 'Spy' caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine from 1873-1911, British

Ward, Sir Leslie

1851 - 1922
1914-1974, naval engineer, inventor, American

James, Richard T

1914 - 1974
1907-1927, camera and photographic equipment manufacturer, Rochester, New York

Folmer-Schwing Division of Eastman Kodak

1907 - 1945
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979

Cantlie, Kenneth

1899 - 1986
1894-c.1950s, scientific instrument and radio manufacturers, Croydon, England

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959
1864-1927, mechanical engineer; inventor, British; English

Stuart, Herbert Akroyd

1864 - 1927
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1871-1938, medallist; sculptor, Hungarian

Szirmai, Tony Antoine

1871 - 1938
1918-2000, steam engineer; manufacturer of stationary engines, Grantham, English; British

Ruston and Hornsby Limited

1918 - 2000
1910-2003, manufacturer of bicycles, Aston, Birmingham, England, British

Hercules Cycle and Motor Company Limited

1910 - 2003
1886-1939, miner; artist, British

Daykin, Gilbert

1886 - 1939
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
1893-1930, manufacturer of electrostatic and electrotherapueutic machines, Chicago, United States

Victor X-ray Corporation

1893 - 1930
active 1902-1990, surgical and medical equipment maker, Leeds, England

Charles F Thackray Limited

1902 - 1990
1920-1982, manufacturer of radio, television, military and scientific equipment, Slough, England

McMichael Limited

1920 - 1982
active 1851-1875, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Liverpool, England

A Abraham and Company

1851 - 1890
active 1888-1930s, printer, Harrow; London

David Allen and Sons Limited

1888 - 1939
1896-1967, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke-on-Trent

Empire Porcelain Company Limited

1896 - 1967
1899-current (2021), inventor; manufacturer of electrical goods, American

Ever Ready Company

1899
1888-1981, scientific instrument, optics, camera and cinema projector manufacturer, Leeds

A. Kershaw and Sons Limited

1888