Copy photograph of Mary Anderson, who invented a "window-cleaning device" for vehicles that she patented in 1903.
Anderson, a native of Greene County, Alabama, was inspired by a snowy trolley ride in New York City. Later in life, she managed a cattle ranch in Fresno, California, and then the Fairmont Apartments in Birmingham.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/202940 |