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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1978.55.1.5 |
Object Name |
Machine, Sewing |
Title |
Sewing Machine, Raymond Sewing Machine Company, circa 1900 |
Year Range from |
1898 |
Year Range to |
1900 |
Description |
High Arm treadle operated machine (.1) manufactured by the Raymond Sewing Machine Company set in a four drawer (.2-.5) drop head sewing cabinet, dated between 1898-1900. The wooden cabinet and drawers have carved design. There are two drawers on each side and one long narrow drawer at the centre front. The machine has the serial number 87614. It features the Raymond automatic bobbin winder, a vibrating shuttle mechanism to form a lock stitch and a side "leaf spring" to provide upper thread tension. |
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 St. were leased and then later sold to Cooke and Denison, a local machinists shop. |
Artist |
Raymond Sewing Machine Company |
Search Terms |
Raymond Sewing Machine Company |
Subjects |
COMMERCIAL - MANUFACTURING SEWING |
Dimensions |
H-78.7 W-45.7 L-87 cm |
Collection |
Artifacts |