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Air- Conditioning Unit

Almanac

Automatic Cut-off Switch

Automatic Fishing Device

Automatic Gear Shift

Blood Plasma

Biscuit Cutter

Bicycle Frame

Baby Buggy

Cellular Car Phone

Chamber Commode

Clothes Dryer

Curtain Rod

Curtain Rod Supporter

Door Knob

Door Stop

Dust Pan

Egg Beater

Elevator

Electric Lamp/Bulb

Eye Protector

Fire Escape Ladder

Fire Extinguisher

Folding Bed

Folding Chair

Fountain Pen

Furniture Caster

Gas Mask

Golf Tee

Guitar

Hair Brush

Hand Stamp

Horse Shoe

Frederick M. Jones

Benjamin Banneker

Granville T. Woods

G. Cook

Richard B. Spikes

Charles Drew

A. P. Ashbourne

I. R. Johnson

W. H. Richardson

Henry T. Sampson

T. Elkin

G. T. Sampson

S. R. Scratton

William S. Grant

O. Dorsey

O. Dorsey

Lawrence P. Ray

Willie Johnson

Alexander Miles

Lewis Latimer

P. Johnson

J. W. Winters

T. J. Marshall

L. C. Bailey

Brody & Surgwar

Walter B. Purvis

D. A. Fisher

Garret Morgan

G .F. Grant

Robert F. Flemming Jr.

Lydia D. Newman

Walter B. Purvis

O.E Brown

July 12, 1949

Approx. 1791

Jan. 1, 1889

May 30, 1899

Feb. 6, 1932

Approx. 1945

Nov. 30, 1875

Oct. 10, 1899

June 18, 1899

July 6, 1971

Jan. 8, 1897

June 6, 1892

Nov. 30, 1889

Aug. 4, 1896

Dec. 10, 1878

Dec. 10, 1878

Aug. 3, 1897

Feb. 5, 1884

Oct. 11, 1867

Mar. 21, 1882

Nov. 2, 1880

May 7, 1878

Oct. 26, 1872

July 18, 1899

June 11, 1889

Jan. 7, 1890

Mar. 14, 1876

Oct. 13, 1914

Dec. 12, 1899

Mar. 3, 1886

Nov. 15, 1898

Feb. 27, 1883

Aug. 23, 1892

Ice Cream Scoop

Insect-Destroyer Gun

Ironing Board

Key Chain

Lawn Mower

Lawn Sprinkler

Lemon Squeezer

Lock

Lantern

Lubricating Cup

Life-Preserver

Mail Box

Mop

Motor

Peanut Butter

Pencil Sharpener

Record Player Arm

Refrigerator

Riding Saddles

Rolling Pen

Shampoo Headrest

Spark Plug

Hot-Comb

Stethoscope

Street Sweeper

Stove

Sugar Making Machine

Telephone Transmitter

Thermostat Control

Traffic Light

Tricycle

Typewriter

Window Cleaner

A. I. Cralle

A. C. Richard

Sarah Boone

F. J. Loudin

J. A. Burr

J. W. Smith

J. Thomas White

W. A. Martin

Michael C. Harvey

Elijah McCoy

Samuel J. Hines

Paul B. Downing

Thomas W. Stewart

Frederick M. Jones

George Washington Carver

J. I. Love

Joseph Hunger Dickinson

J. Standard

W. D. Davis

John W. Reed

C. O. Bailiff

Edmond Berger

Walter H. Sammons

Imhotep

Charles B. Brooks

T. A. Carrington

Norbet Rillieux

Granville T. Woods

Frederick M. Jones

Garrett Morgan

M. A. Cherry

Burridge & Marshman

A. L. Lewis

Feb. 2, 1897

Feb. 28, 1899

Dec. 30, 1887

Jan. 9, 1894

May 19, 1889

May 4, 1897

Dec. 8, 1896

July 23, 1889

Aug. 19, 1884

Nov. 15, 1898

May 4, 1915

Oct. 27, 1891

June 11, 1893

June 27, 1939

1896

Nov. 23, 1897

Jan. 8, 1918

July 14, 1891

Oct. 6, 1896

1884

Oct. 11, 1898

Feb. 2, 1830

Dec. 21,1920

Ancient Egypt

Mar. 17, 1890

July 25, 1876

Dec. 10, 1846

Dec. 2, 1884

Feb. 23, 1960

Nov. 20, 1923

May 8, 1888

Apr. 7, 1885

Sep. 27, 1892