All posts tagged "patent"
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5.1KbostonUnderwood Deviled Ham – Six Devilicious Facts About the Boston Pantry Staple
That little can of Underwood Deviled Ham on your grocer’s shelves represents a company that once fed the Union Army, built the...
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18.1KMassachusettsThe Ashton Valve Company Saves Lives
The Ashton Valve company was born out of Henry G. Ashton’s desire to make boiler rooms a safer working environment. In its...
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7.2KArts and LeisureWonderland, Revere’s Brief, Brilliant Million-Dollar Amusement Park
In 1903 and 1904 the face of American public amusement changed with the successful opening of two new parks in Coney Island:...
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7.6K1Arts and LeisureJohn La Farge, The Artist Who Wanted To Crush Louis Comfort Tiffany
One day in the middle of the 1870s, a young glassmaker named Louis Comfort Tiffany visited John La Farge in his studio....
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26.0K2Business and LaborWhen Mussolini Stiffed Gloucester, Mass., for $1 Million
In 1923, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini refused to pay a Gloucester seafood company for a shipment of salt cod. Mussolini’s action...
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20.4K4Business and LaborThomas Davenport Makes the First Electric Car in America in 1834
Today’s makers of electric cars should tip their hats to Thomas Davenport of Forest Dale in Central Vermont. He made the first...
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