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

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
1889-2006, electrical equipment manufacturer, British

General Electric Company Limited

1889 - 2006

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986
1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895
1901-1987, electrical & electronic engineering equipment manufacturer, England, British

Ferranti Limited

1901 - 1987
1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1896-1947, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, Cambridge

W G Pye and Company Limited

1896 - 1947
active 1901-1980s, microscope & accessory manufacturer, Manchester, England

Flatters and Garnett Limited

1901 - 1967
1897-1978, toy maker, Harborne, Birmingham, England

Chad Valley Company Limited

1897 - 1978
1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971
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
active 1888-1920s, electrical measuring instruments (light meters etc), New Jersey, United States

Weston Electrical Instrument Company

1888
1886-1926, optical instrument and camera manufacturer, Berlin

C P Goerz

1886 - 1926
1910-1936, manufacturer of ball bearings, Luton, England

Skefco Ball Bearing Company

1910 - 1936

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979
active 1900-1960s, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Hendon, England

Everett, Edgcumbe and Company Limited

1905 - 1968
source; model railway maker

Richards, J P

1902 - 1999
1889-c.1960, sign manufacturer, Selly Oak

Patent Enamel Co Ltd

1889 - 1960
1897-1987, electrical instrument maker, Orpington, Kent, England

H W Sullivan Limited

1897 - 1987
1903-current (2021), electronics and communications manufacturer, Berlin

Telefunken

1903
1901-1951, optical, lens, camera and cinematographic equipment manufacturer, Birmingham

Aldis Brothers

1901 - 1951
active 1888-1930s, printer, Harrow; London

David Allen and Sons Limited

1888 - 1939
1894-1936, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

Pearl Pottery Company

1894 - 1936
1906-current (2018), precision measuring equipment designer, manufacturer and supplier, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, British

Moore and Wright (Sheffield) Limited

1906
1899-1963, electronic communication equipment manufacturer, England, British

Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company Limited

1900 - 1963
active 1908-1997, manufacturer of bras, American

S H Camp and Company

1908 - 1997
1896-present, transport service, Glasgow

Glasgow Underground

1896
1887-1948(?), haulage firm, British

Carter, Paterson and Company Limited

1887 - 1948
active 1879-1986, pharmacist and surgical instrument makers, English

Brady and Martin Limited

1886 - 1986
active 1889-1969, manufacturer of engines, cranes and excavators, Hull, England

Priestman Brothers Limited

1889 - 1969
1894-1960, poster printer; printer; lithographer, London

The Baynard Press

1894 - 1960
active 1887-1979, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, Glasgow, Scotland

Baird and Tatlock Limited

1887 - 1979
1901-, manufacturer of Dr. Martens boots, England

R. Griggs Group Limited

1901
active 1902-1990, surgical and medical equipment maker, Leeds, England

Charles F Thackray Limited

1902 - 1990
1903-, manufacturer of scientific instruments, Acton, London; Watford, England

S G Brown Limited

1903