New Home Sewing Machine Co.'s manufactories in 1871

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Title

New Home Sewing Machine Co.'s manufactories in 1871

Subject

New Home Sewing Machine Company; Orange (Mass)--History; Mills (Buildings)--Massachusetts--Orange; Sewing-machine industry--Massachusetts--Orange

Description

View of early New Home Sewing Machine Company











manufacturing building with workers posed in front, in windows and on the roof.











The business began in 1860 as Clark & Barker. At the time of this photo











the company manufactured the "Home" sewing machine. The company name











was changed in 1882 to the New Home Sewing Machine Company. The new











officers were President, John W. Wheeler; Vice President, Andrew J. Clark;











Secretary and Treasurer, William L. Grout (former superintendent).

Source

Image from souvenir booklet "Orange Massachusetts"

Publisher

Date

1871

Relation

In the collections of the Wheeler Memorial Library, Orange, Mass. http://www.orangelib.org/

Format

image/jpg

Type

Image

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Citation

“New Home Sewing Machine Co.'s manufactories in 1871,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 22, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/949.

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