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Comb making in America, an account of the origin and development of the industry for which Leominster has become famous, to which are added pictures of many of the early comb makers and views of the old time comb shops (1925)

Walton, Perry, 1865-1941, Doyle, Bernard W, Viscoloid company, inc., Leominster, Mass · [Boston] · leaf 81

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w- bury by Emery Low of Leominster. Uriah Bailey, the largest comb manufacturer in West Newbury subsequent to 1826, and, according to the Index of Patents Issued from the LTnited States Patent Office 1790 to 1873 inclusive, the first person to invent “a steel plate for pressing horn for combs,”… … EARLY COMB-MAKING TOOLS 1-2-3-4-5 Comb patterns 6 Vidder 7-8-9 Engravers’ tools

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