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Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company Patents and Miscellaneous Records, 1867-1964 (inclusive), 1880-1936 (bulk).

July 23, 2014
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Inventor Name

Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company

Repository

Harvard University
Business School
Baker Library
Soldiers Field Road
Boston, MA 02163
617-495-6040
http://www.library.hbs.edu/

Physical Description

ca. 1 linear ft.

Summary

Rubber products manufacturing firm, Cambridge, Mass. Incorporated in 1899, succeeding a firm with the same name. Merged in 1957 with American Biltrite Rubber Company. Scattered records gathered by Alden S. Foss for a talk before the Cambridge Historical Society in 1964. Two boxes and a bundle contain patent papers going back to 1867. Also includes a history of the firm by Alden S. Foss.

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