The Howe machine co's factory, Bridgeport, Co. – Historic Reproduction
![The Howe machine co's factory, Bridgeport, Co., [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b2/b28510012f53-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The Howe machine co's factory, Bridgeport, Co. comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Howe machine co's factory, Bridgeport, Co.
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The factory pictured here belonged to the Howe Machine Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a firm that traded on the name of Elias Howe, who had patented a practical lockstitch sewing machine in 1846. Bridgeport grew into one of the country's leading sewing machine centers in the later 19th century, and factories like this one supplied the home and garment trades that were transforming how clothing was made. The record gives no date for the print, and its shelflist card names a second firm, Hatch & Co., that has not been verified. The view is still useful for seeing how a manufacturing works of that era was laid out.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hatch & Co. [Trademark seal]. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,282 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-145618 |
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