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Title
Collins
Company
office
,
Collinsville
(Canton)
Place
Collinsville (Conn.)
Canton (Conn.)
Topic
Commercial buildings
Office buildings
Axe industry
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Collins Company (Hartford, Conn.)
Theme
Livelihood
Description
Three
and
half
story
masonry
brick
commercial
building
with
Classic
Revival
front
entry
and
porch
,
flat
decorative
roof
with
metal
crest
rail
and
ivy.Foundation
is
masonry
block
.
Raised
letters
on
porch
roof
says
, "The
Collins
Company
".
Building
is
at
intersection
of
two
wide
city
streets
with
masonry
sidewalks
.
Two-story
storefront
building
with
striped
awnings
in
background
is
on
Main
Street
. At the
right
is
a
picket
fence
and
shed
.
Behind
shed
is
a
utility
pole
. A
slender
pole
is
on
sidewalk
front
left
corner
of
building
.
Inscription
on
back
: "
No
.
6
Postoffice
and
Collins
Co
.
Office
"; "
Collins
Co
&
Post
Office
,
Collinsville
.
Fire
brick
,
P
.
S
.
Finn
".
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Photograph
taken
for
August
Schmelzer
Company
and
sent
to
Germany
to be
made
into a
postcard
.
Writing
on
back
appears
to be
done
by the
August
Schmelzer
Co
. but
lacks
his
stamp
.
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
. This
corporation
was
given
the
right
to
stamp
the
name
"
Collins
&
Co.
" as their
trade-mark
on the
articles
which
they
manufactured
. The
business
address
was in
Hartford
and the
manufacturing
establishment
located
at
Collinsville
, in the
town
of
Canton
.
It
was the
major
employer
in the
area
, in
1843
the
company
name
was
changed
to
Collins
Company
.
Date created
[ca
.
1919]
Physical format
1
photographic
print
;
13
x
18
cm
.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
1983.121.146
File
name
0540
img0021.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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