Lithograph of the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1880
name: label: lithographer
content: Worley & Bracher
notes: label: Description
content: This lithograph is a bird's-eye view of the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company, circa 1880. The company maufactured sewing machines in Watertown, N. Y., from 1851 to 1856. In 1856, they relocated to Bridgeport, Conn., where they continued operations until 1905. In the 1850s and 1860s, their sewing machines outsold all others, including Singer and Howe. Two separate factory buildings are illustrated. The caption under the building on the left notes: "Front 368 ft., Width 307 feet," and the dimensions for the building on the right are noted as "Front 526 ft., Width 219 feet." The lithographers were Worley and Bracher of 320 Chesnut Street in Philadelphia, Penn.
label: Description
content: S.I. Photo Negative No.: 92-4215 for both B&W and color slide.
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Advertising
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Art
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content: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0134.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0134.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0134
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: lithograph (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 26 in x 17 in; x 66.04 cm x 43.18 cm