Thanks, more bunny trails for me to go down.
. Actually, I have saved many images of patents over the years. I found a couple that are from 1890 and Boye's from 1908.
http://patentimages.storage.googleap...US424518-0.png http://patentimages.storage.googleap...US878767-0.png There were some others that I have labeled as needle threaders, but I thought those were the most appropriate for the more familiar forms of needle threaders.
Then, I found another couple of interesting patents.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US628598A/en
https://patents.google.com/patent/US652175A/en
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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