Gerald P. Mace Collection of Textile Industry Photographs, 1959
Collection Number: 6663 P

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Gerald P. Mace Collection of Textile Industry Photographs, 1959
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6663 P
Abstract:
Photos taken of the machine shop at the Merrimack Manufacturing Company.
Creator:
Gerald P. Mace
Quanitities:
1 folders
Language:
Collection material in English

Originally housed in envelope labelled "Photos of Machine Shop - Merrimack Manufacturing Co. - For Jim Mace in return for many kindnesses - W.G. Ogden, Jr., Experimental Machine Work, Winter St., R.F.D., South Lincoln, Mass."
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Preferred Citation

Gerald P. Mace Collection of Textile Industry Photographs #6663 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 6780: Merrimack Manufacturing Records

SUBJECTS

Names:
Fitchburg Machine Works.
Gay, Silver & Company.
Ira Gay and Company.
Merrimack Manufacturing Company.
Rock River Woolen Mills (Janesville, Wis.)
Saws
Silver & Gay's Machine Shop (North Chelmsford, Mass.)
Silver, Gay & Company (North Chelmsford, Mass.)
Subjects:
Blacksmithing
Brooms and brushes
Electric welding
Gear-cutting machines
Industrial equipment
Lathes
Machine shops
Machine-tools
Milling machinery
Planing-machines
Press
Pulleys
Shears (Machine-tools)
Spindles (Textile machinery)
Textile industry--England
Textile machinery
Tools
Woodworking machinery
Wrenches
Industries--Fitchburg (Mass.)
Industries--Worcester (Mass.)
Dexter (Me.)
Putnam (Conn.)

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Merrimack Manufacturing Company Machinery
1959
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 1: Staple Vice/Typical, main machine shop - 360-26
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Merrimack Manufacturing Co., 1822- 1959, Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 2: #8092 Slabbing Machine, 1855 - 361-3
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Gay, Silver & Co. founded in 1832 by Ira Gay of Dunstable, N.H. - Aug 1836-1859 with the above style [Ira Gay & Co., 1832-1836 (August)]. May 22, 1834 - see South Midd'x Registry of Deeds, Lincoln Drake to Ira Gay, Record book 332, pp. 130-132. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 3: #8092 Slabbing Machine, 1855 - 361-5
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Gay, Silver & Company was called North Chelmsford Machine Co. from 1898 until February 1905. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 4: #8004 Combination Double Shear and Punch- 360-35
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Rock River, 1917. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 5: #8071 MM Co. #16 - 361-8
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Possibly by Gay, Silver & Company before 1870. The step pulley is made of wood. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 6: #8098 Slotting Machine, No. 3 Vertical, 1880, 360-20
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Merrimack Manufacturing Co. #31. Patented March 14, 1871 by Salmon W. Putnam, Jr. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 7: #8092 Slabbing Machine, 1855 - 361-2
1959
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
13 July 1959. Photograph by Oswald Cammann, MIT, for W. G. Ogden, Jr.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 7: #8060 Slabbing Machine, Planer Type, 1870, (22x11x5'6") - 360-29
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Silver & Gay Company, North Chelmsford, Mass., 1860-1897 with the above style, Assessor's Records town of Chelmsford. Merrimack Manufacturing Co. #22 Basement. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 9: 600 lb. Hammer (1925) in background, and 150 lb. Beaudry Hammer (1928) - 360-33
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Blacksmith & Welding Shop, Merrimack Manufacturing Co Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 10: Machine Shop, Merrimack Manufacturing Co. - 360-15
1959
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
July 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 11: Blacksmith and Welding Shop, Forges, from main entrance - 360-32
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 12: #8092 Slabbing Machine, Planer Type, 1855 - 360-36
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Gay, Silver & Company, North Chelmsford, Mass., authority of W. G. Ogden, Jr., August 1836-1859. Merrimack Manufacturing Co. #23. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 13: #8092 Slabbing Machine, 1855 - 361-4
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Gay, Silver & Company, August 1836- 1859. Closed business in 1924 as North Chelmsford Machine & Supply Co., February 1905-1924. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 14: #8072 Head end/with nameplate - 361-7
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Wood, Light & Co., Worcester, 1875. Double Head, engine lathe 20" swing x 21' O.A. Merrimack Manufacturing Co. #2. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 15: #8073 Engine Lathe 20" swing x 13' O.A. - 360-25
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Putnam Machine Works, 1910. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 16: #8060 Slabbing Machine 1870 - 360-31
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Silver & Gay Company, 1860-1897. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 17: #8073 Engine Lathe 20" swing x 13' O.A. - 360-24
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Putnam Machine Works, 1910. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 18: #8282 Hand or Burning Down Lathe 1870 - 360-14
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
In Brush Shop, 2nd floor. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 19: #8060 Slabbing Machine 1870 - 360-30
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Silver & Gay Company, 1860-1897. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 20: #8102 High-Speed, Draw Cut Hacksaw - 360-21
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Racine 1916. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 21: View from Tool Crib - 360-15
1959
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Machine Shop, Merrimack Manufacturing Co. July 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 22: #8127 Full Auto Gear Cutting Mach. #6" - 360-9
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Brainard Milling Machine Co., 1910. Merrimack Manufacturing Co. #33. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 23: #8072 end number two- 361-6
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Wood, Light & Co. Worcester, 1875. Double Head, Engine Lathe 20" swing x 21' O.A. - Merrimack Manufacturing Co. #2. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 24: #8223 Wood Working Lathe 24" x 7'-6" 11'-0" O.A. - 361-12
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Old Chain Feed Lathe, converted to Tin Covering Machine, 1875. Possibly Gay, Silver & Co. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 25: #8071 listed as a Flather 1900, but this is certainly no Flather - 361-9
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
This is possibly and Engine Lathe by Gay, Silver & Co., the legs bear a strong resemblance to those on the Slabber. The style of this lathe is definitely before 1870. Merrimack Manufacturing Co #16. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 26: #8063 Straightening Press, 1900/Left corner of photograph and #8051 J. Neal & Co. 1870 - 72" swing x 18'-0" O.A. - 360-28
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 27: #8093 Planing Machine 48" x 48" x 10' - 2 heads - 360-23
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
The Powell Planer Co., Worcester, 1880. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 28: #8223 Wood Working Lathe 24" x 7'-6" 11'-0" O.A. - 361-11
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Old Chain Feed Lathe, converted to Tin Covering Machine, 1875. Possibly Gay, Silver & Co. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 29: #8224 Wood Working Lathe 16" x 6'-0" 9'-0" O.A. - 361-10
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
1870. Photograph taken ca. 1959. B35
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 30: #8051 J. Neal & Co. 1870 72" swing x 18'-0" O.A. - 360-27
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Note Raising Blocks and Square Tailstock spindle. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 31: Forged Tools for Shaper and Slotter - 360-12
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 32: #8107 Vertical Drill No. 799, 1860 - 360-22
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Smith & Coventry, Manchester, England, Merrimack Manufacturing Co. #51. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 33: #8094 Traverse Head Shaper - 360-18
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Fitchburg Machine Works No. 2, 1885. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 34: Rack of Forged Tools/Tool crib - 360-13
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 35: #8222 Wood Working Lathe 24" x 6'-6" 10'-0" O.A. - 361-13
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Fay & Scott, Builders, Dexter, Maine, 1890. Note swiveling headstock. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 36: #8282 Hand or Burning Down Lathe 1870 - 361-15
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
In Brush Shop 2nd floor. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 37: #8121 Straightening Press, Screw Type - 1900 - 360-19
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 38: #8094 Traverse Head Shaper - 360-17
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Fitchburg Machine Works No. 2, 1885. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 39: Forged Lathe Dogs & Work Drivers - 360-11
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1 Folder 1
Item 40: Straight Tail Lathe Dogs - 360-14
Format: black and white photograph
Scope and Contents
Forged Tap and Reamer Wrenches. Photograph taken ca. 1959.
Format: black and white photograph.