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

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1887-present, camera manufacturer, Munich

Linhof

1887
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1886-1924, lens manufacturer, Leicester, England

Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Limited

1886 - 1924
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971
1887-1948(?), haulage firm, British

Carter, Paterson and Company Limited

1887 - 1948
1891-1987, physiological instrument maker, London, England, British

C F Palmer (London) Limited

1891 - 1987
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979
1888-1960, artist; illustrator; pharmacist, British

Wright, Horace

1888 - 1960
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
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
1888-1981, scientific instrument, optics, camera and cinema projector manufacturer, Leeds

A. Kershaw and Sons Limited

1888
active 1888-1920s, electrical measuring instruments (light meters etc), New Jersey, United States

Weston Electrical Instrument Company

1888
1900-1931, bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer, English; British

Humber Limited

1887 - 1931
1890-1948, railway company, Indian; India

Morvi Railway

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

General Electric

1892
1885-1888, shipbuilder, Belfast

Queen's Island Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited

1885 - 1888
1885-1953, artist, Russian, USSR

Vladimir Tatlin

1885 - 1953
1892-1978, locomotive designer, French

Chapelon, Andre

1892 - 1978
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
1886-1965, chemist; historian of science, British

Partington, James Riddick

1886 - 1965
inventor, filmmaker

Waller, Fred

1886 - 1954
engineer; 1887-1971; Denmak

Petersen, Axel

1887 - 1971

Worcester, George Raleigh Gray

1890 - 1969

Sempill, William Francis Forbes

1893 - 1965

Jefferson, Geoffrey

1886 - 1961

Mayo, Robert Hobart

1890 - 1957

Burney, Charles Dennistoun

1888 - 1968

Plenty & Son Limited

1890 - 1977

Gandolfi, Thomas

1890 - 1965

Alderslade, Esther

1888 - 1973

Caunter, Frederick Lyde

1892 - 1903

Parke, Wilfred

1889 - 1912

Glover, Charles William

1891 - 1976

Appleton, Edward Victor

1892 - 1965

Partington, James Riddick

1886 - 1965

Taylor, Geoffrey Ingram

1886 - 1975

Robinson, Bernard A

1888 - 1979

Cook, Gilbert

1885 - 1951

Grasemann, Cuthbert

1890 - 1961

Adrian, Edgar Douglas

1889 - 1977

Chadwick, James

1891 - 1974
1892-1917; draughtsman, craftsman and soldier

Gott, Samuel

1892 - 1917
1894-1989, Matsushita companies and Panasonic brand name founder, Osaka, Japan, Japanese

Matsushita, Konosuke

1894 - 1989
1892-1965, musician; broadcaster, Britain

Harrison, Beatrice

1892 - 1965