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![Patent sofa-back folding seat school desk. This desk was patented by R. Cruikshank of Pottstown. Pa. May 24th, 1864 ... [Pottstown, Pa. 1864].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDQvcGF0ZW50LXNvZmEtYmFjay1mb2xkaW5nLXNlYXQtc2Nob29sLWRlc2stdGhpcy1kZXNrLXdhcy1wYXRlbnRlZC1ieS1yLWNydWlrc2hhbmstMTdmMWM5LTEwMjQuanBn/320/414/jpg "Patent sofa-back folding seat school desk. This desk was patented by R. Cruikshank of Pottstown. Pa. May 24th, 1864 ... [Pottstown, Pa. 1864].")
![The gardener's patent locomotive seat ... E. Whittlesey. Patentee and manufacturer ... Philadelphia Quinn, Pr. 3d & Market St. [1863?].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvdGhlLWdhcmRlbmVycy1wYXRlbnQtbG9jb21vdGl2ZS1zZWF0LWUtd2hpdHRsZXNleS1wYXRlbnRlZS1hbmQtbWFudWZhY3R1cmVyLTY2YTU2Yi02NDAuanBn/40/60/webp "The gardener's patent locomotive seat ... E. Whittlesey. Patentee and manufacturer ... Philadelphia Quinn, Pr. 3d & Market St. [1863?].")
![Original baseball patented 1883 & S.D. Castle of Patent office, [10/8/25]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjUvMDEvMDEvb3JpZ2luYWwtYmFzZWJhbGwtcGF0ZW50ZWQtMTg4My1hbmQtc2QtY2FzdGxlLW9mLXBhdGVudC1vZmZpY2UtMTA4MjUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "Original baseball patented 1883 & S.D. Castle of Patent office, [10/8/25]")
![Declaration at the annual meeting of this Commandery held at Topeka, May 12, 1917 ... [Topeka, Kansas 1917].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjYvZGVjbGFyYXRpb24tYXQtdGhlLWFubnVhbC1tZWV0aW5nLW9mLXRoaXMtY29tbWFuZGVyeS1oZWxkLWF0LXRvcGVrYS1tYXktMTItNWE5ZmU5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/62/webp "Declaration at the annual meeting of this Commandery held at Topeka, May 12, 1917 ... [Topeka, Kansas 1917].")
![Young ladies' classical institute. A select family boarding and day school. No. 490, E. street, between 5th and 6th streets, Washington City ... [Washington, D. C.] Henry Polkinhorn print. [1855].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEveW91bmctbGFkaWVzLWNsYXNzaWNhbC1pbnN0aXR1dGUtYS1zZWxlY3QtZmFtaWx5LWJvYXJkaW5nLWFuZC1kYXktc2Nob29sLW5vLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/57/webp "Young ladies' classical institute. A select family boarding and day school. No. 490, E. street, between 5th and 6th streets, Washington City ... [Washington, D. C.] Henry Polkinhorn print. [1855].")
![Order of Exercises at the thirty-fourth anniversary of the Rowe Street Sabbath School, on Sunday, May 11, 1862 at three o'clock. P. M ... Boston. Geo C. Rand & Avery printers. [1862].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvb3JkZXItb2YtZXhlcmNpc2VzLWF0LXRoZS10aGlydHktZm91cnRoLWFubml2ZXJzYXJ5LW9mLXRoZS1yb3dlLXN0cmVldC1zYWJiYXRoLWY5NWYwMS02NDAuanBn/40/59/webp "Order of Exercises at the thirty-fourth anniversary of the Rowe Street Sabbath School, on Sunday, May 11, 1862 at three o'clock. P. M ... Boston. Geo C. Rand & Avery printers. [1862].")
