The Perin & Gaff Mfg. Co. Susan R. Knox Patent Crank Fluting Iron
Museum Collection, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Cincinnati Manufacturers, Patented Inventions, Domestic & Laundry Equipment Steve Thaman Museum Collection, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Cincinnati Manufacturers, Patented Inventions, Domestic & Laundry Equipment Steve Thaman

The Perin & Gaff Mfg. Co. Susan R. Knox Patent Crank Fluting Iron

A Victorian laundry machine that connects a woman inventor in New York to a Cincinnati foundry — manufactured under the 1866 patent of Susan R. Knox by Perin & Gaff of Cincinnati, with comparable examples in the Smithsonian's permanent collection.

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Browne’s Patent Cast Iron Broom Head
Museum Collection, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Cincinnati Manufacturers, Patented Inventions, Household Implements Steve Thaman Museum Collection, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Cincinnati Manufacturers, Patented Inventions, Household Implements Steve Thaman

Browne’s Patent Cast Iron Broom Head

A Cincinnati inventor's patented broom head from the first autumn after the Civil War — carrying his name and the exact date of his patent grant cast into the iron, five months after Appomattox.

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