Image of an eye-level view of the Howe Machine Company's sewing machine factory in Bridgeport, Connecticut, from across the water showing a sailboat and an Elias Howe Jr. steamboat ferry, horse-drawn carriages, and an American flag in foreground; coin with profile of Elias Howe, Jr. pictured at bottom center. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Hatch & Company was located at 111 Broadway from approximately 1865-1868. "J.A. Sherman, Del."--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom right of image. "Hatch & Co. Trinity Building, 111 Broadway, N.Y."--text, bottom left margin. "New York Depot, No. 629 Broadway. / Buffalo Office, 316 Main Street."--text, bottom margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 50.48 x 53.34 cm (19 7/8 x 21 in.)
Industrial buildings--Pictorial works Sewing-machine industry Steamboats--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--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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