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Wagon Industry Advertisement
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Advertisement of the Hurlbut Manufacturing Company of Racine, the home of several wagon manufacturing firms during the 19th Century. Hurlbut began manufacturing wagon locks in 1870, and by 1879 they reported manufacturing over 30,000 locks.
1885
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Sidney S. Hurlbut
1869 - 1929
Notecards with a portion of text from A Remembrance of the Early History of Racine, Wisconsin. Also contains notecards about Sidney S. Hurlbut. Hurlbut was the inventor of Lever Cock Wagon Brakes.
Sidney Smith Hurlbut
1869 - 1929
Biographical note on Sidney S. Hurlbut. Hurlbut moved around in his early life before settling in Racine in 1843. He was interest in mechanics from an early age and invented a wagon lock for which ...
Sidney Smith Hurlbut
1869 - 1929
Biographical note on Sidney S. Hurlbut who invented a wagon lock.
Sidney S. Hurlbut
1869 - 1929
Biographical note on Sidney S. Hurlbut who invented a wagon lock.
