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Found 35 Stories
Detail of Figure 1, US Patent 1,242,872, showing entrance signage
Blog

One-Way Supermarket Aisles

The return of an invention from the 1910s.

Rectangular black-and-beige plastic box with keypad on right and register tape on left.
Blog

When Technology Disrupts the Vibe

Growing pains in the digital age from the not-so-distant past . . .

A projection of 3 views of a male customer’s reflection in mirrors, from the side, front, and back. He is wearing a tape measure harness that goes around his neck, arm (at the shoulder), chest, waist, and hips.
Blog

A Photo-Fitted Suit

A camera, some mirrors, a projector, a screen, and a calculator combined for made-to-measure clothing tailored “PhotoMetriCally.”

Figure 3 of Sholes US Patent 207,559 (1878) shows the now-standard QWERTY keyboard layout.
Blog

Was the Patent Application for the Typewriter Handwritten?

On the challenges of introducing new technology

Invention Stories

Who Invented Labor Day?

Labor Day is "dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers." But who invented the holiday?

John Fernandez
Beyond Words

Podcast: John Fernandez Builds Globally Competitive Communities

The US Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development takes us inside Regional Innovation Clusters.

Invention Stories

Yo Yo Ups and Downs

The National Museum of American History's Archives Center, the Division of Cultural History, and the Lemelson Center collaborated to acquire objects and archival materials documenting the history of the yo-yo in America and the central role of the Donald F. Duncan family in popularizing the now ubiquitous stringed toy.

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Archives

Interview with Dr. Arnold Lippert, April 13, 1972

Inventor Name Unknown

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Archives

E .I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Pubic Affairs Department Records, 1912-1981

Inventor Name Unknown

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Archives

Paul Thaddeus Bockmier Papers, 1850-1977

Inventor Name Bockmier, Paul Thaddeus

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Archives

IDEA Corporation Operational Files, 1982-1993

Inventor Name Unknown Repository Archives of Ontario77 Grenville Street, Unit 300Toronto, ONM5S 1B3416-327-1600www.archives.gov.on.ca Physical Description 54.8 metres of textual records

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Archives

A. J. Freiman Limited Fonds, 1914-1971

Inventor Name Freiman, A. J.

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Archives

Tiers-Frasch Collection, 1843-1924

Inventor Name Frasch, Herman Repository Chemical Heritage FoundationOthmer Library315 Chestnut StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19106215-873-8265http://othmerlib.chemheritage.org

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Archives

Papers of Donald Frederick Othmer, 1921-1994

Inventor Name Othmer, Donald Frederick Repository Chemical Heritage FoundationOthmer Library315 Chestnut StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19106215-873-8265http://othmerlib.chemheritage.org/

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Archives

Edgar F. Kaiser Papers, 1886-1981

Inventor Name Kaiser, Edgar F. (Edgar Fosburgh) Repository University of CaliforniaThe Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000510-642-6481http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/

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Archives

ExxonMobil Historical Collection, 1790-2004

Inventor Name ExxonMobil

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Archives

Telescoping Shopping Cart Collection, 1946-1983, 2000

Inventor Name Telescoping Shopping Cart

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Archives

Seagram Company, Ltd. Legal Records 1909-1981 [bulk, 1932-1981]

Inventor Name Seagram Company, Ltd.

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Archives

Mine and Smelter Corporation Records, 1861-1978

Inventor Name Mine and Smelter Corporation

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Archives

Chicago Area Topical Collection on Businesses (manuscript), ca. 1850-(ongoing)

Inventor Name Chicago area topical collection on businesses [manuscript]

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