Photographs Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2009.32.822 |
Object Name |
Transparency, Slide |
Title |
Slide Transparency, Raymond Sewing Machine Factory Workers, 1910 |
Date |
1910 |
Year Range from |
1910 |
Year Range to |
1910 |
Description |
Transparency slide with a black and white photograph of workers at the Raymond Sewing Machine Factory on Yarmouth Street in 1910. Numerous workers are gathered in the centre of a long room, most wearing aprons or overalls. The right wall is covered in shelves that are lined with hundreds of sewing machines. Along the left wall are windows and long tables covered in equipment. |
Notes |
Historic Context - Raymond Sewing Machine Company Raymond Sewing Machine Company was established in 1862 by Charles Raymond from Massachusetts. After the first factory, a wooden structure built in 1861, was destroyed by fire in 1874, a brand new facility was completed in 1876 on Yarmouth Street in the same location. The new plant was equipped with its own power plant and was to contain the offices of the Raymond Sewing Machine Co. A cupola was later added to the roof of the building, as well as a foundry on the west side. After Charles Raymond retired in 1897, the company was sold to a consortium of local businessmen and J.G. Scully, a former employee who continued to run the firm under the name of the Raymond Sewing Machine Co. In 1916, the company was sold to an American competitor, the White Sewing Machine Co. of Cleveland, Ohio; they too continued to operate the company in Guelph under the existing name. In 1922, all operations were pulled back to the United States and all Canadian assets were disposed of. The buildings on Yarmouth Street were leased and then later sold to Cooke and Denison, a local machinists shop. Updated 2023 |
Photographer |
Coulman, Donald |
People |
Raymond, Charles |
Search Terms |
Raymond Sewing Machine Company Yarmouth Street |
Subjects |
MANUFACTURING AND TRADES INDUSTRY & TRADE COMMERCIAL - MANUFACTURING |
Collection |
Photographs |