42131600 http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x704ns revised SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context English revised 2015-09-18 machine CPF merge program Merge v2.0 revised 2016-08-14T00:39:18 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Parser Bulk ingest into SNAC Database revised 2016-08-14T00:39:18 human System Service (system@localhost) created 2026-05-27 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Serializer SNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPF corporateBody Ames Manufacturing Company. Bronze Foundry. presumed active approximately 1838 active 1894 Art metal-workers Bronze founding Bronze sculpture, American Decorative art Memorials Sculptors Massachusetts--Chicopee United States

The Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Massachusetts, was founded in 1835 by James Tyler Ames and his brother, Nathan Peabody Ames. The company manufactured small tools, cotton machinery, swords, cannons, and did casting of bells. It began manufacturing large bronze statuary circa 1850.

From the description of Stearns-Ames collection, [ca. 1838-1894]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389965 Ames, James Tyler, 1810-1883. Ames, Nathan Peabody, 1803-1847. Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911. Brown, Henry Kirke, 1814-1886. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852. Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892. United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887. Washington, George, 1732-1799. Ames Manufacturing Company. Bronze Foundry. Stearns-Ames collection, [ca. 1838-1894]. Ames Manufacturing Company. Bronze Foundry. Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892. Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887. Ames, James Tyler, 1810-1883. Ames, Nathan Peabody, 1803-1847. Brown, Henry Kirke, 1814-1886. Stearns-Ames collection Correspondence, castings record, financial materials, photographs and printed materials relating primarily to the work of the Bronze Division of the Ames Manufacturing Company. Archives of American Art