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'''Victor Justice Evans''' (1865-1931) was the founder one of the largest U.S. patent agencies of his time. Victor J. Evans & Company, Patent Attorneys, was founded in 1898. Evans built up a thriving business based in part on his willingness to offer full refunds to inventors if they were unsuccessful in securing the patents they desired.<ref name="DeFerrari">{{cite news |last1=DeFerrari |first1=John |title=Victor Evans and the Victor Building downtown |url=https://ggwash.org/view/9362/victor-evans-and-the-victor-building-downtown |access-date=11 April 2024 |work=Greater Greater Washington |date=May 19, 2011 |language=en}}</ref>

By the 1920s, Evans' firm was described as the “largest patent firm in the world”. In addition to its headquarters location in Washington, D.C., it had offices in in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago and San Francisco. The Victor Building, headquarters of the firm, has a long history as an important Washington DC office building.<ref name="DeFerrari" /> It was initially completed in 1909 at Grant Place NW (now G Place) and 9th Street<ref name="DeFerrari"/> near the Patent Office.<ref name="DCHS">{{cite web |title=Victor Building |url=https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/628 |access-date=11 April 2024 |website=DC Historic Sites |language=en}}</ref>. It was expanded twice, in 1911 by architect [[Appleton P. Clark Jr.]], and in 1925 by architect [[Waddy Butler Wood]].<ref name="DCHS" />

Evans' interests included [[aeronautics]], exotic animals, and Native American artifacts and artworks. He had his own private zoo. His collection of art and artifacts was considered one of the largest in the world at the time. He was a significant supporter of both the [[Smithsonian National Zoo]] and, the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]], and the [[Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History]] leaving them animals from his private zoo and art and artifacts from his Native American collection on his death.

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Evans was an avid collector of photos and art, in particular Native American artifacts and artworks. His collection was considered to be one of the largest in the world.<ref name="DeFerrari"/> As a result of this interest, he became an advocate for Native American tribes.<ref name="DCHS"/> Unsuccessful in convincing the federal government to establish a site to host his extensive collections during his lifetime, he left them to the [[Smithsonian American Art MuseumInstitution]] at his death.<ref name="DeFerrari"/>

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