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Title	Dry Grinding Department, Collins Company, Collinsville (Canton)
Place	Collinsville (Conn.) Canton (Conn.)
Topic	Axe industry Employees Italian Americans French Americans Irish Americans German Americans Polish Americans
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Collins Company (Hartford, Conn.)
Theme	Livelihood Diversity
Description	Employees in front of vertical sided plank building with multipaned windows. Inscription on front: "Dry Grinding Dep't, Collins Co., Collinsville, Conn. 1924". Inscription on back: "I came to work in this Dept Dec. 11, 1923. This picture was taken May 8, 1924" "Bottom - Left to Right" "lst Furrier, Fialkiewicz, Miller, Dubiel, Zakiski, Siemnicki, Bill, J. Soucy, D. Soucy, Yliasz, Marquardt, Thomlinson, Pecard. /2nd Nelson, Violette, Lambert, Stalt, Yeske, A. Schmidt, Stevenson, Roy, Davison, Carla, Volousky, Drapeau, Del Nero, Donovan. / 3rd Wilks, Hudon, LePage, O'Brien, S. Taylor, Comeau, F. C. Root, Michaud, E. Taylor, Bidwell, Ryden, Lapiade. / 4th Royer, J. Piper, Thirrer, Pagae, Emhoff, Parent, Bolduc, M. Piper, Kucza, Walker, Duglas, M. Carey, S. Markie, Vigue, G. Soucy. / 5th P. Carey, Finkle, Kochen, Brown, LaChance, Fortin, Wood, Albert Pecard, Anderson, Klas Nyman, Murphy, F. Schmidt, L. Austin, R. Austin, J. W. Root, Crippen"
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Collins Company was the world's largest axe and edged tool manufacturers. The company was established in 1826 as Collins & Co. by Samuel W. and David C. Collins. The co-partnership failed and in May 1834 the Collins Manufacturing Company was chartered by the Connecticut legislature for the purpose of manufacturing axes and edge tools. The business address was in Hartford and the manufacturing establishment located at Collinsville. It was the major employer in the area. In 1843 the company name was changed to Collins Company. List includes French, Italian, Polish, German and Irish surnames.
Date created	[ca. 1924]
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 20 x 25 cm.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1998.112.0A File name 0540 img0098.pcd
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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