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West Chester (Pa.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. "The Last Wheel Works" documentary film and photographs

 Collection
Accession: 1969-063
Abstract:

Hoopes Brothers & Darlington began in West Chester in 1867 manufacturing wooden spokes for wheels. By the eighteen-eighties it was one of the largest wooden wheel makers in the country. This collection contains film and photograph materials related to the Smithsonian Instituation documentary "The Last Wheel Works," showing the steps involved in the making of wooden wheels from the delivery of the logs to the finished project.

Dates: 1969