Richards, London & Kelley album of woodworking machinery photographs
Creation: 1873-1874Abstract
Richards, London & Kelley manufactured pattern-making machinery for woodworking. The firm founded, The Atlantic Works in 1869 for the manufacture of machines especially directed to railway car manufacturing, and Band Sawing Machinery. This collection consists of illustrations of woodworking machinery and descriptions from trade catalogs that are pasted into an album. The machinery was produced in Philadelphia by The Atlantic Works (also DBA Richards, London and Kelley).
Dates
- Creation: 1873-1874
Creator
- Unknown (Organization)
Extent
1 volume(s)
General Physical Description
1 album (23 albumen and b&w photographic prints, 9 drawings) : b&w ; 9.5 x 7.5 in.
Historical Note
Richards, London & Kelley manufactured pattern-making machinery for woodworking. The firm founded, The Atlantic Works in 1869 for the manufacture of machines especially directed to railway car manufacturing, and Band Sawing Machinery. The company underwent a variety of partnerships and names. It was Richards, London & Kelley from July 1871 through July 1877, previously it was Richards, Thorne & Co. (1969-July 1870) and Richards, Kelly & Co. (July 1870-July 1871).
John Richards was an author and inventor originally from Columbus, Ohio and later moved his business to Philadelphia. Richards partners were W.S. Kelley and W.E. London. By 1877, Richards and Kelley were bought out and Richards was living in England.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of illustrations of woodworking machinery and descriptions from trade catalogs that are pasted into an album. The machinery was produced in Philadelphia by The Atlantic Works (also DBA Richards, London and Kelley). There are drawings and photographs of the following kinds of machines: band saws, crosscut saws, cross-graining and rebating, drilling and boring, jig saws, jobbing, lathes, mortising, planing, resawing, saw benches, tenoning. The prices for most of these are handwritten. There is also notation indicating which machines are in the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Location
GL Box 1.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Related Names
Source
- Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Former owner, Organization)
Subject
- Atlantic Works, Incorporated (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Organization)
- Richards, London & Kelley (Organization)
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Richards, London & Kelley album of woodworking machinery photographs
- Date:
- 2014
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
