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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1978X.00.145.3 |
Object Name |
Machine, Sewing |
Title |
Raymond Sewing Machine Company, 1879 |
Date |
1879 |
Year Range from |
1879 |
Year Range to |
1879 |
Description |
Raymond Sewing Machine Company sewing machine (.1) with drawer (.2) and tension rod (.3), 1879. The stand, treadle and machine are all cast iron. The table top and drawer are wooden. Printed on a piece of paper attached to the machine is the text, "Guelph 1879." Stamped on the front of the machine is the model, "No.1." Stamped on the middle brace of the stand are the letters, "C.R." |
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. |
Search Terms |
Raymond Sewing Machine Company |
Subjects |
MANUFACTURING AND TRADES SEWING |
Dimensions |
H-94.9 W-41.9 L-69.2 cm |
Collection |
Artifacts |