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East Orange, N.J., June 24- Dr. William Lowell, designer of the Reddy Golf Tee, which came into universal use in the sport, died yesterday at Orange Memorial Hospital after a short illness. ... Born in Hoboken, he lived in South Orange, Maplewood and Summit before moving here four years
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Ten years later, the messy, wet sand tee was still in vogue when Dr. William Lowell, a Maplewood, N.J., dentist, made the late-in-life discovery that golf possessed certain therapeutic advantages. ...
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used his tees during their exhibitions. The Reddy Tee was patented on May 13, 1925, but in 1922 he signed a deal with the
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William Lowell Jr., a former manufacturer of golf tees and an industrial packaging specialist, died Wednesday at
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versions were on the market, and he spent much of his time and money fighting patent infringement.
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Company, for 24 dozen. By 1925 he was selling $ 100,000 worth of tees and they were being made of
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From left to right are: Ernest Lowell, William Lowell Sr., and William Lowell Jr.
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William Lowell

Hoboken, New Jersey
East Orange, New Jersey
Dentist
William Lowell Jr.
golf tee
Hoboken, New Jersey
Maplewood, New Jersey
William Lowell Jr.
Walter Hagen
Joe Kirkwood Sr.
A.G. Spalding
celluloid
copycat
Orange Memorial Hospital
East Orange, New Jersey
U.S. patent 1,670,627
golf tee filed December 7, 1925
U.S. patent 1,650,141
U.S. patent 1,569,765
George Franklin Grant
"Birth of the tee: The story behind the man who gave the ball the perfect setup - George Franklin Grant, inventor"
Golf Digest
"William Lowell Jr., Is Dead; An Industrial Packager, 78"
The New York Times
Muhlenberg Hospital
Plainfield, New Jersey
Fanwood, New Jersey
"Gold Tee Designer Dead. Dr. William Lowell of Jersey Patented Reddy Device"

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