Collins Company office, Collinsville (Canton)
Dateabout 1919
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 1/8 x 7 1/16in. (13 x 18cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionThree and half story masonry brick commercial building with Classic Revival front entry and porch, flat decorative roof with metal crest rail and ivy.Foundation is masonry block. Raised letters on porch roof says, "The Collins Company". Building is at intersection of two wide city streets with masonry sidewalks. Two-story storefront building with striped awnings in background is on Main Street. At the right is a picket fence and shed. Behind shed is a utility pole. A slender pole is on sidewalk front left corner of building.
Object number1983.121.146
InscribedOn verso: "No. 6 Postoffice and Collins Co. Office"; "Collins Co & Post Office, Collinsville. Fire brick, P. S. Finn".NotesSubject Note: Photograph taken for August Schmelzer Company and sent to Germany to be made into a postcard. Writing on back appears to be done by the August Schmelzer Co. but lacks his stamp. Collins Company was the world's largest axe and edged tool manufacturers. The company was established in 1826 as Collins & Co. by Samuel W. and David C. Collins. The co-partnership failed and in May 1834 the Collins Manufacturing Company was chartered by the Connecticut legislature for the purpose of manufacturing axes and edge tools. This corporation was given the right to stamp the name "Collins & Co." as their trade-mark on the articles which they manufactured. The business address was in Hartford and the manufacturing establishment located at Collinsville, in the town of Canton. It was the major employer in the area, in 1843 the company name was changed to Collins Company.On View
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