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Term: New York

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Located at mouth of Hudson River; visited by Europeans 16th-17th cen.; settled by Dutch, seized by British in 1664; was cosmopolitan center & nation's largest city by 18th cen.; today is huge metropolis composed of 5 boroughs corresponding to 5 counties.

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Midget slide rule
copyright 1934
steel surveyor's tape in leather case
circa 1920
IBM reel-to-reel tape deck
1970-1980
scale for a Keuffel & Esser Paragon drafting machine
circa 1940
six-inch promotional ruler
after 1960

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Kling Photo Corporation

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Asa Smith

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T. C. Psychological Laboratory, Columbia University

1887-present
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Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company

1907 - 1930s
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Erpi Classroom Films Inc.

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