The Bickford automatic knitting machine

Title

The Bickford automatic knitting machine

Date

1878

Description

Printed on border: "Has been awarded the premium over all others, at the Centennial Exhibition. It will knit all kinds of fancy work as well as stockings, leggings, socks and mittens. Sold for $30. Merchants would do well to give us a call before going to New York, as we will make it an object to have their work done by us. Address, Mrs. L. M. Piquette, Agent, 26 West Fayette Street, Syracuse, N.Y."

Subject

Hosiery industry
Knitting machines

Source

The New York Public Library

Relation

https://images.nypl.org/index.php?t=t&id=825369

Type

image

References

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/06cb0d30-c554-012f-ecd6-58d385a7bc34

Citation

“The Bickford automatic knitting machine,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed November 10, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/32769.

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