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Tree Stands

 

February 17 1880
224,624
Albrecht
Clamp-type Christmas tree stand		 March 24 1914
1,091,000
Lyman
Tree stand screwed into tree trunk		 November 9 1915
1,159,353
Bergwall
Cone type tree stand with adjustable screws		 January 15 1924
1,481,015
Klein
Wire-type tree holder, apparently never manufactured 		January 19 1926
1,570,403
Ripczinske
Water-holding Christmas tree stand
     
June 13 1933
1,914,150
Muldoon
Weighted Christmas
 tree base		 June 16 1936
2,044,192
Templin, JR
Water-holding Christmas tree base with filling spout		      

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