Meriden Curtain Fixture Co., 1891
MakerMade by
H. Wales Lines Company
American, 1864 - 1983
Date1891
MediumPhotography; albumen on paper in cardboard album covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/4 x 9 1/4in. (18.4 x 23.5cm)
Other (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 11 1/2in. (21 x 29.2cm)
Other (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 11 1/2in. (21 x 29.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionPhotograph of the Meriden Curtain Fixture Company factory. Four story brick building with a mansard roof and dormer windows. Two story addition in front with mansard roof. Building to left with rounded roof. Steam chimneys. Wooden fence between building and open land. A man is leaning out of the second floor window on the two story addition.
Object number2015.149.1.121
InscribedRecto, handwritten in black ink: "Meriden Curtain Fixture Co. 1891"Recto, handwritten in black ink: "Meriden C. Fix. Co. New Factory"NotesFrom: An Historic Record and Pictorial Description of the Town of Meriden, Connecticut: And Men who Have Made It... A Century of Meriden "The Silver City." (p. 54)
"The Meriden Curtain Fixture Co. produced window shades and shade cloth of all grades, sold through the Columbia Shade Cloth Company in New York. When the company desired to go into the manufacture of cloths, as well as rollers and fringes, it was decided to make another addition to the plant, and at that time the present five-story brick structure, 40 x 258 feet in dimensions, was built. Still later another grade was added to the output, and a second building, 52 x 182 feet, and three stories in height was erected on the company’s property."
The City of Meriden Plan of Conservation & Development Update, Community Character and Historic Resources (2007) lists the Meriden Curtain Fixture Co. on the Historic Properties Inventory as located on Charles Street.
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