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Predecessor and Miscellaneous Companies

National Museum of American History

Object Details

sova.nmah.ac.0320_ref17
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep819c08992-4594-49cc-8b04-d5acb0e33837
Collection Donor
Nickse, Hugo
Johnson, Hanford
Collection Creator
Comstock, Cheney and Co.
Pratt, Read and Company
Collection Donor
Steinway, Henry Ziegler
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Pratt, Read Corporation Records
Date
circa 1839-1870s
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.0320, Series 1
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Pratt, Read Corporation Records, 1839-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Collection Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Scope and Contents
This series is composed primarily of early 19th century records from several of the ivory working companies that directly preceded the formation of Comstock, Cheney & Company. The records include a cash book, dated 1847, from S. M. Comstock & Company, an 1860 agreement between Julius Pratt & Company and Pratt, Read for the joint sale of ivory combs, and tintype negatives of some of George Read & Company's early ivory cutting machines. Other early records of importance include the minute book of Pratt, Spencer & Company, 184-1848, and the minute book of the Deep River Ivory Comb Company, 1860-1864. The series also contains box labels or photoprints of labels from several manufacturers of ivory combs who were active in the same area of Connecticut in the early nineteenth century. Although largely unrelated to Pratt, Read, these labels were part of the collection as received by the Archives Center.
Collection Restrictions
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
NMAH.AC.0320_ref17
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep819c08992-4594-49cc-8b04-d5acb0e33837
NMAH.AC.0320
ACAH
Record ID
ebl-1505493610265-1505493610329-0

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