American Hardware Corporation Records. undated, 1859-1953.

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American Hardware Corporation Records. undated, 1859-1953.

http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/asc/findaids/American_Hardware/MSS19950013.html

The records consist of financial records associated with the American Hardware Corporation of New Britain, Connecticut, its predecessor companies P. & F. Corbin and Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company, and divisions Corbin Cabinet Lock Company and Corbin Screw Corporation.

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American Hardware Corporation.

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New Britain, Connecticut, established its dominance as the center of American hardware manufacturing as early as the late 1700s. Blacksmith shops provided a multitude of goods, including nails, hinges, locks and keys that were distributed by traveling peddlars to the farms and small towns of early America. By the mid-1800s entrepreneurs formed factories to better produce goods that were in increased demand. The Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company originated in 1839...