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Invention of Straws

United States of America · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1888Date range
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Chronological records

1888

Marvin Stone3 January 1888

Science / Technology

Patents the paper drinking straw

Names involved

Marvin Stone

Provenance

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