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DUBUQUE SPECIALTY MACHINE WORKS
DUBUQUE SPECIALTY MACHINE WORKS. Organized in May, 1891, the company had the following among its provisional board of directors: Christian LOETSCHER, Patrick J. QUIGLEY, Edwin W. ALBEE, and James HOWIE. The company manufactured a mortising machine invented by A. F. Smith. (1)
The machine won a blue ribbon at the 1893 World's Fair. (2)
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Source:
1. "They Met and Organized," Dubuque Daily Herald, May 26, 1891, p. 4
2. "The Chain Mortiser," Dubuque Daily Herald, October 17, 1873, p. 4