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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1890-1939, artist; marine artist; painter; poster artist, British; English

Shoesmith, Kenneth D

1890 - 1939
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1896-present, transport service, Glasgow

Glasgow Underground

1896
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
1884-1976, Locomotive engineer, British

Hawksworth, Frederick W

1884 - 1976
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
1889-c.1960, sign manufacturer, Selly Oak

Patent Enamel Co Ltd

1889 - 1960
1888-1959, graphic designer; poster artist, British; English

Purvis, Tom

1888 - 1959
1894-1936, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

Pearl Pottery Company

1894 - 1936
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1897-1987, electrical instrument maker, Orpington, Kent, England

H W Sullivan Limited

1897 - 1987
1884-1987, match manufacturer, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; Bow, London, England, British

Bryant and May Limited

1884 - 1927
1899-current (2021), inventor; manufacturer of electrical goods, American

Ever Ready Company

1899
1895-1990s, poster printer; printer, London; St Albans, Hertfordshire

Dangerfield Printing Company Limited

1895
1879-, manufacturer of instruments and control equipment, Frankfurt, Germany

Hartmann and Braun

1879
1890-1948, railway company, Indian; India

Morvi Railway

1890 - 1948
1892-present (2008), electric company, American

General Electric

1892
1881-1963, marine engineer, Scottish; British

Wallace, Sir William

1881 - 1963
1899-1977, cartographer, German

Hoelzel, Fritz

1899 - 1977
1899-1978, sculptor; poster artist

Bradshaw, Laurence

1899 - 1978
active 1921-1979, photographer, British

Ashley, Hallam

1900 - 1987
1885-1888, shipbuilder, Belfast

Queen's Island Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited

1885 - 1888
1895-1968, vice-chairman and managing director of Newton, Chambers & Co. Ltd.

West, Sir Harold Ernest George

1895 - 1968
1877-1963, farmer; engineer, British; English

Hosier, Arthur Julius

1877 - 1963
1899-1981, pioneering animator and film director, Berlin, Germany

Reiniger, Lotte

1899 - 1981
1882-1970, physicist, German/Polish

Born, Max

1882 - 1970
1885-1953, artist, Russian, USSR

Vladimir Tatlin

1885 - 1953
silversmiths, Sheffield

W S Savage and Company

1876 - 1929
1892-1978, locomotive designer, French

Chapelon, Andre

1892 - 1978
1881-1961, model-maker; amateur maritime archaeologist, British?

Naish, Francis Clement Prideaux

1881 - 1961
1899-1986, museum curator, British

Codrington, Kenneth de Burgh

1899 - 1986
1896-1982, author , British?

Joyce, Alfred George Edward

1896 - 1982
1891-1950, museum curator, then director of the Science Museum, British

Shaw, Herman

1891 - 1950
1896-1949, artist; illustrator, British

Carter, Reg

1886 - 1949
1892-1958, railway employee, British

Dodds, Harold

1892 - 1958
1879-1971, railway photographer, British

Tidey, H Gordon

1879 - 1971
1886-1965, chemist; historian of science, British

Partington, James Riddick

1886 - 1965
1883-1965, artist; painter; poster artist, British

Turner, C. E.

1883 - 1965
1900-1931, bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer, English; British

Humber Limited

1887 - 1931
1877-1958, aircraft designer; manufacturer, England, British

Roe, Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon-

1877 - 1958
1883-1958, GWR general manager, London, Irish

Milne, Sir James

1883 - 1958

Worcester, George Raleigh Gray

1890 - 1969

Gresley, Sir Nigel (1876-1941), engineer

1876 - 1941