One invention two inventors this month. The gentleman on the left invented the machine in 1858. The gentleman to the right financed and improved the machine. Everyone owns an product made by the decendants of their invention. In fact you probably have several different types of these. Women tend to own more than men do.

Gordon McKay
and
Lyman E. Blake

inventors of shoe making machines.

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