Image of an aerial view of the Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine factory showing a locomotive in the foreground and the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the background. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Worley & Bracher were partners from 1860-1880. "Worley & Bracher Liths. 320 Chestnut St. Philada."--text, bottom right margin. "Front 386 ft., Width 307 feet."--text, bottom left margin. "Front 526 ft., Width 219 feet."--text, bottom right margin. "Bridgeport, Conn. Depot, 625 Broadway, New York"--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 41.28 x 66.99 cm (16 1/4 x 26 3/8 in.)
Industrial buildings--Pictorial works Locomotives--Pictorial works Sewing-machine industry Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Lithographs--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Place
Bridgeport (Conn.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Household Large Size Tools and Appliances The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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