Knitting machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CIRCULAR/DOMESTIC USE
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0913.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Creelman Bros.
- MODEL
- IMPROVED MONEY MAKER
- LOCATION
- Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 36
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, WOOD HANDLE/.2-.3 METAL/.4 METAL WITH WOOD HANDLE & LEATHER PTS INCLUDEPAPER & FIBRE/.5 WOOD/.6-.21 METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.5 cm
- Width
- 24.0 cm
- Height
- 24.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Textile working
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Creelman
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Georgetown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO MECHANICALLY KNIT SOCKS & OTHER ITEMS - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY WHICH WAS MARKETED IN PART BY PROMOTING ITS USE AS A MEANS TO EARN MONEY WORKING AT HOME/ THIS MARKETING WAS AIMED PRIMARILY AT WOMEN, WHO COULD THEN EARN MONEY FOR THEMSELVES &/OR THEIR FAMILIES WHILE STILL DOING TRADITIONAL 'FEMALE' WORK IN THE 'FEMALE' SPHERE OF THE HOME - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 MFR'S PLATE 'CREELMAN BROS./ IMPROVED/ MONEY/ MAKER/ GEORGETOWN ONT CANADA'
- Missing
- NO RIBBER ATTACHMENT, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A PART FOR ONE From CA of 07/27/1994 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- .1 PAINTED BLACK ON OUTSIDE, RED INSIDE, SILVER-TONE PTS, VARNISHED HANDLE/.2 SILVER-TONE ON OUTSIDE, CONSIDERABLY CORRODED, PAINTED RED INSIDE/.3 SILVER-TONE WITH PT PAINTED RED/.4 PAINTED BLACK, SOME SILVER-TONE PTS, PAINT QUITE CHIPPED & SURFACE CORRODED/.5 VARNISHED/.6 SILVER-TINE, NOW QUITE GREY & CORRODED/.7 SILVER-TONE & PAINTED BLACK, PARTLY CORRODED/.8-.10 PROB. WERE PAINTED BLACK, QUITE CORRODED/ SEE SUPP.INFO.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Creelman Bros., Knitting machine, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1979.0913, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1979.0913.001/
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