Patent official, patent record files. Files of patents of which 2,180,00 have been issued. These files extend over 50 miles in total length and are kept in air conditioned portion of the building, washed air keeps paper from iridizing. Another old patent of drawing without the specification. This de
4 x 5 in. or smaller
- Date
- 1940
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 10,123 × 8,096 pixels
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