1876 Expo Lamb Knitting Machine Chicopee Falls MA Then /Now Victorian Trade Card for Sale

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1876 Expo Lamb Knitting Machine Chicopee Falls MA Then /Now Victorian Trade Card For Sale

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1876 Expo Lamb Knitting Machine Chicopee Falls MA Then /Now Victorian Trade Card:
$295.00

ca. 1876 - Lamb Knitting Machine Manuf'g Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass. - Authentic Antique Card"Campbell Press Print, Centennial Grounds." - 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition

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"Centennial Grounds" - tiny print, bottom reverse. Front Lithograph: "The Hatch Lith. Co. 32 & 34 Vesey St., N.Y."Before & After novelty type of trade card: Then & Now / Old Way vs New Way: Upper Left Corner:
Granny throws up her hands while knitting a sock the "old" way, Mother knits w/ modern Lamb Machine.Factory View image flanked by exposition medals ... ? 1872 and 1873 ? - Vienna and London expositions ?
Lamb is still in business! - Lamb was founded after the Civil War in 1867, emerging from Ames Manufacturing Co.,with local investors from the Massachusetts Arms Co. ... military weapons manufactures! (Rifles to Lambs ;-)
The company's original location in Chicopee Falls burned to the ground in a huge fire in 1967. Approx. 6 x 4 inches - Condition... Displays well, evidence of its age with common flaws. Please study the scans.
145+ Years Old - Antique 19th Century Card: Farm, Sewing and Household -related Business Advertising Card
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