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Advertisement for the Sellers Brothers, "Wire Work, Wire Cloth and Sieves of Every Description." Philadelphia, PA, 1858.
Credit: A. McElroy's Philadelphia Directory for 1858
Before the American Revolution, Samuel Sellers, Jr. designed tools and machines for wire weaving. Close to 100 years later, his descendents were continuing to make improvements in metal working, and still producing wire for buildings, railroads, and other uses.