[Business records]. 1889-1901.

Columbia Napping Machine Company.

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Birch Brothers.

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Twin brothers Albert and Arthur Birch arrived in the U.S. in the winter of 1883 as salesmen for their father, William Birch, who invented and manufactured finishing machinery in Manchester, England. The sons struck out on their own and founded a small factory in 1889 in Somerville, Mass., which was also associated with the Somerville Machine Works and the Columbia Napping Machine Co. The firm manufactured textile finishing and dyeing machinery for bleacheries, print works, worsted a...

Birch, William, active 1562-1571

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Somerville Machine Works.

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Birch, Arthur J. (Arthur John), 1915-

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Birch Brothers Southern Inc.

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Birch, Albert.

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