Joseph Glidden
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Joseph Farwell Glidden was an American businessman and farmer. He was the inventor of the modern barbed wire. In 1898, he donated land for the Northern Illinois State Normal School in DeKalb, Illinois
An early handmade specimen of Glidden's "The Winner" on display in the "Fencing Frontiers" exhibit at the Ellwood House Museum in DeKalb, Illinois
Patent drawing for Joseph F. Glidden's Improvement to barbed wire
Isaac L. Ellwood
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Isaac Leonard Ellwood was an American rancher, businessman and barbed wire entrepreneur.
Joseph Glidden
…being his best design. He received the patent for that barbed wire design on November 24, 1874, when he was 61 years old. He and local hardware dealer Isaac L. Ellwood began manufacturing and selling the barbed wire with his patent, as the Barb Fence Company in DeKalb, Illinois. In 1876, Glidden exited the manufacturing…
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An advertising poster c. 1880s for Ellwood and Glidden's manufacturing firm.
A specimen of Ellwood's hand made barbed wire, in the fashion of Glidden’s patent.