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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
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
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973

Wilson, Reginald Holmes

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

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
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
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
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
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
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
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
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
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
1895-c.1950, gas and laboratory equipment manufacturer, Warrington, Cheshire, England

Fletcher Russell and Company Limited

1895
1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907
1903-current (2021), electronics and communications manufacturer, Berlin

Telefunken

1903
1887-?, manufacturer of linen, clothing, merchants, general outfitters, Belfast; London

Robinson and Cleaver Limited

1874
1896-present, transport service, Glasgow

Glasgow Underground

1896
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
1892-, printer, publisher, Aldershot

Gale and Polden Limited

1888 - 1963
1889-c.1960, sign manufacturer, Selly Oak

Patent Enamel Co Ltd

1889 - 1960
1899-present, manufacturers, London

C. C. Wakefield and Company Limited

1899
1901-1987, electrical & electronic engineering equipment manufacturer, England, British

Ferranti Limited

1901 - 1987
active 1904-1948, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Adam Hilger Limited

1904 - 1945
1874-1968, photographic chemist; manufacturer of photographic apparatus; camera manufacturer, Manchester, England

J T Chapman Limited

1907 - 1968

Haldane, J.B.S.

1892 - 1961

Mather, Loris Emerson

1886 - 1976

Lawrence, John Stewart (M.B., Ch.B., M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.P.)

1908 - 1996

Eatock, Daniel

1908 - 1984