Baxter D. Whitney Co. machine plans collection, 1880-1910.

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Baxter D. Whitney Co. machine plans collection, 1880-1910.

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Chiefly 669 oversized plans, drafted in ink, on paper or cloth, of machines and machine parts developed and built by the Baxter D. Whitney Co., for woodworking industries; together with a brief company history (1905) with biographical information about Baxter D. Whitney, and a print of the 1870 Beers map showing location and buildings of the company.

31 boxes.

Winchendon Historical Society, Inc.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8179923

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Whitney, William M., -1953

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Whitney, Baxter D., 1817-1915

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Baxter D. Whitney Co.

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Baxter D. Whitney Co., Winchendon, Mass.; designer and builder of machines for the woodworking industry as well as looms for a family woolen mill; established 1837 by Baxter D. Whitney; later went into partnership with his son, William M. Whitney and ca. 1910-1915 firm renamed Baxter D. Whitney & Son, Inc.; in 1955 company sold to Newman Machine Company, Greensboro, N.C. and was subsequently reorganized as Newman/Whitney. The Whitney machines were displayed at the 1867 Paris Exposition and a...