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[Trade catalogs from Garland Mfg. Co. (ME)]

Catalog Data

Company Name:
Garland Mfg. Co. (ME)  Search this
Notes content:
Equipment and supplies for the textile industry (1905) ; soft face mallets and hammers for use in non-marring applications ; The company was founded back in 1866, and was incorporated in 1873. The original products were items called pickers made of water buffalo hide for use on textile looms to weave cloth. These pickers moved the shuttle back and forth from one end of the loom to the other and water buffalo hides were used because it was such a tough material. These items were made until the year 1900 when the company started making rawhide mallets and rawhide faced hammers, once again out of water buffalo hides because of the toughness of the material. These items are still being made today. http://www.garlandmfg.com/plastics/aboutus.html
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Saco, Maine, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Textiles and textile machinery  Search this
Topic:
Textile fabrics  Search this
Textile machinery industry  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_17688
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_17688