Turner Machine Company Records
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Turner Machine Company (Danbury, Connecticut)
topic: label: Topic
content: Architectural Blueprints
label: Topic
content: Hats -- 1920-1930
label: Topic
content: Hat making
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by the Turner Machine Company through O. W. Johnson, President, in 1970.
creator: label: Manufacturer
content: Turner Machine Company (Danbury, Connecticut)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Turner Machine Company Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents the Turner Machine Company of Danbury, Connecticut, manufacturers of hat making machinery.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920s, undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in February 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1565
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Black-and-white prints (prints on paper)
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Cyanotypes
label: Type
content: Glass plate negatives
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in two series.

Series 1: Glass Plate Negatives, undated

Series 2: Machine Files, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist, 2023. Finding aid encoded by Audrey Willius, intern, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white prints (prints on paper) -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Cyanotypes
label: Genre/Form
content: Glass plate negatives
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Cyanotypes -- 1880-1890
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection consists of photographs, advertisements, blueprints, patents, business forms, ephemera, and correspondence documenting machinery created by the Turner Machine Company of Danbury, Connecticut for the hat making industry.  The materials are arranged in two series: series 1, glass plate negatives, and series 2, machine files.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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