The Bickford Automatic Knitting Machine

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/cba296fb6eb40a4b29901e91c148a52d

Title

The Bickford Automatic Knitting Machine

Date

1878

Description

Title from folder.
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

Knitting machines
Hosiery industry

Source

The New York Public Library

Relation

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

References

http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-2649-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Date

1878

Source

The New York Public Library

Subject

Knitting machines
Hosiery industry

Citation

“The Bickford Automatic Knitting Machine,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 9, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/5915.

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