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1880s-1931 · Industrial town of sustained invention. This place matters because it shows modern invention as an industrial environment of repetition, staffing, and scale rather than a lone inspired moment.
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West Orange matters because it turns invention into a local ecosystem rather than a single flash of genius. Keep the geography fixed while time reveals different people and moments.
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