Image of four eye-level views of Howe Machine Company sewing machine factories surrounded by busy streets, ferries, and carriages; coin with profile of Elias Howe, Jr. at center left. Date supplied by cataloger based on company history; Howe Machine Co.'s New York office was located at 699 Broadway from approximately 1867-1876. "Elias Howe Jr. Inventor & Maker. New York U.S.A."--text, portrait logo at center left of image. "Offices: No. 699 Broadway, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, London, Paris."--text, bottom center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 40.01 x 34.29 cm (15 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.)
Factories--Pictorial works Industrial buildings--Pictorial works Steamboats--Pictorial works Sewing-machine industry Howe Machine Co Intaglio prints--1850-1875. (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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