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| Nom de l'objet : | Photograph |
| Titre : | Employees of The White Sewing Machine Co. of Canada Limited |
| Classification de l'objet : | Costume 1920s |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | 8: Communication Artifact |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Documentary Artifact |
| Numéro d'accession : | 1982.29.1.1 |
| Culture : | Canadian |
| Date de début de production : | 1921 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1921 |
| Date absolue : | 1921 |
| Description : | Photograph, B&W, mounted on a brown matte-board. Employees of the White Sewing Machine Company of Canada Ltd, 1921 gathered in front of a building (88 Yarmouth St. Guelph, Ontario). In front of employees is a sign which reads: "THE WHITE IS KING / THE WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO. OF CANADA LIMITED." Printed by hand in green ink on reverse of mounted photograph: "ROBERTSON / 165 QUEENSTON RD., PRESTON, 1921. |
| Fonctions : | This photograph of the employees of the White Sewing Machine Co. of Canada was taken in front of its Guelph location at 88 Yarmouth Street. The White Sewing Machine of Canada Ltd. was in Guelph from 1916 to 1922. In 1921, the manager of operations was Clem. C. Rassmusson. In its day, the Raymond Sewing Machine Company was as well known as the Singer Sewing Machine Company. It was established in 1862 by Charles Raymon from Massachussetts. 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, teh 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 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 later sold to Cooke and Denison, a local machinists' shop. |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Guelph |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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