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Cartoon for a patent attorney
This poster, created by cartoonist Garrett Price during World War II, is a comical take on the role of the patent attorney. Patent attorneys represent inventors...
Staple machine
On June 23, 1903, the Patent Office granted Robert K. Marple’s patent for the staple machine. In his application, he states that “it has as its primary object to...
The stapler
Henry Ruskin’s 1944 patent for the staple magazine and feed is still familiar to people today. Ruskin attempted to construct a simple and compact stapler. In his...
The type-writing machine
In 1868, C. Lantham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel W. Soule received a patent for their improved type-writing machine. In their application, they wrote that...
Working for the Freedmen's Bureau
This monthly report by Lt. S. Geisreiter, Superintendent of the Freedmen's Bureau in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, reports on the monthly expenses of his office in September...
Working late
This photograph shows Miss G.E. Mitchell, a secretary to Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. of Delaware working late to send out the Senator’s correspondence. The...
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