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<i>U.S. Patent Office, Washington, D.C.</i>
Photographer: Postcard by W.B. Garrison
Taken: Circa 1914
Caption: U.S. Patent Office, Washington, D.C.
Additional Description: The back of the postcard reads: The Patent Office ranks first among the bureaus of the Interior Department and although the building that houses it is known as "The Patent Office" it is in reality the home of the Interior Department. It has created a surplus of $7,000,000 from the fees received from inventors. There have been over 1,600,000 applications filed since the organization of the office, the patent system of which was invented by Thomas Jefferson.
Submitted: February 19, 2015.
Database Locator Identification Number: p300689
File Size: 1.493 Megabytes

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