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Brazier developed a prototype of a machine suitable for a household but capable of washing carpets and handling accident spillages or flooding. In 1979, Vax launched an "orange tub" multi-functional floor-care machine to fulfil this purpose and initially engaged with consumers by door-to-door sales of the device.
Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]
The company was founded in 1883 [1] in Chicago as a lumber company by Albert Blake Dick (1856 – 1934). It soon expanded into office supplies and, after licensing key autographic printing patents from Thomas Edison, became the world's largest manufacturer of mimeograph equipment (Albert Dick coined the word "mimeograph"). [3]
Using the traditional cisco/charcoal/pitch brasero required a place to store the coal, a place to dispose of the ashes, and was a very dirty task for a small city dwelling, and with economic development there were who preferred the use of the electric brasero for the convenience of having a plug and even a switch on the cable, which allowed for ...
On March 28, 2011, it was announced that eBay Inc. would acquire GSI for $2.4 billion. The deal was closed on June 20, 2011. [18] On June 20, 2013, the company announced that it would be retiring the GSI Commerce name in favor of eBay Enterprise. [19] Magento, Inc. became a part of eBay Enterprise on November 21, 2013.
Price on eBay: $8,500 Porcelain dolls don’t have to be more than 2 feet tall to be worth a lot of money. This little lady stands only 15 1/2 inches tall, but her ornate details and impressive ...
Appleton was born in Chicago on October 14, 1915, the son of the founder of the Appleton Electric Company, Swedish industrialist Albert I. Appleton, and Lillian W. Appleton. [1] [2] Appleton loved art and antiques from an early age. His mother was a concert pianist, singer and collector of fine art, who instilled in Arthur and his sister, Edith ...
Price on eBay: $2,000 There are plenty of different Santa Claus-forward blow molds.The guy is, after all, the mascot of Christmastime. This particular set, straight from the ’60s, is one of the ...