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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974

Chillingworth, John

1928 - 2025
1887-?, manufacturer of linen, clothing, merchants, general outfitters, Belfast; London

Robinson and Cleaver Limited

1874
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
active 1925-1998, manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, Liverpool

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited

1891 - 1987

Baumann, Karl

1884 - 1971
1915-1945, camera manufacturer, London

Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

1915 - 1945

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
1894-c.1950s, scientific instrument and radio manufacturers, Croydon, England

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959
1886-1977, physiologist, British

Hill, Archibald Vivian

1886 - 1977
active 1900-1960s, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Hendon, England

Everett, Edgcumbe and Company Limited

1905 - 1968
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1899-1955, poster artist

Howard, Norman

1899 - 1955
1929-1962, radio and television manufacturers, England

Murphy Radio Limited

1929 - 1962
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009

The Daily Mail

1896
1878-1967, motor vehicle and bicycle manufacturer, Coventry, England, British

Rover Company

1878
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1888-current (2010), medical & scientific instrument manufacturer/ supplier, London, British

G H Zeal Limited

1888
1903-current (2021), electronics and communications manufacturer, Berlin

Telefunken

1903
1925-current (2022), manufacturer of motion picture cameras and lenses, Switzerland

Paillard-Bolex

1925
1923-current (2010), manufacturer, United States

Moviola

1923
b. 1884, active ca. 1910-1936, poster artist, British

Black, Montague Birrell

1884
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
1913-1936, aeroplane propeller design and manufacture, Weybridge, England, British

Lang Propeller Company Limited

1913 - 1936
1873-1878, photographer, British

Maull and Company

1873 - 1878
1907-1957, manufacturer of motorcycles, Kingswood, Bristol, England

Douglas (Kingswood) Limited

1907 - 1957
1909-1915, film company, United Kingdom

Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited

1903 - 1915
1867-1942, cinematographer; film producer, active England from about 1915, American

Urban, Charles

1867 - 1942
1892-present (2008), electric company, American

General Electric

1892
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
active 1942-1987, research scientist

Elmes, P C

1921 - 2003
1871-1913, trade union, British

Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants

1871 - 1913

Davies, E. Arnold

1905 - 1902
1906-1971, car manufacturer; aero engine manufacturer, Derby; Bristol, England, British

Rolls-Royce Limited

1904 - 1973
inventor, filmmaker

Waller, Fred

1886 - 1954
1878-1931, photographer, active Sweden from 1904, German; Swedish

Goodwin, Henry Buergel

1878 - 1931