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Eickemeyer's hat-stretching machine ; Head with stretching levers (hat-stretching machine) ; Wool-hat-body blocking machine

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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Hatmaking

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Eickemeyer's hat-stretching machine ; Head with stretching levers (hat-stretching machine) ; Wool-hat-body blocking machine
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Hatmaking

Topics
Millinery
Machinery
Hat industry
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Notes
Content: Source code incorrect. Written on border: "1882" Printed on border: "The first machine which performed the stretching of a hat body successfully, on wool as well as on fur hats, was the corrugation stretcher invented by R. Eickemeyer, and this machine in its various modifications to suit the different kinds of work is now almost exclusively used in the hat factories of this country." "The hat having been stretched, it now remains to make what is called in the trade the band, namely, the sharp angle formed by the junction of the brim and side-crown. This operation is performed on the blocking machine, of which fig. 337 is a perspective view…" Includes additional text.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17212433
Barcode: 33333159377270
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bc5bedf0-c552-012f-b32b-58d385a7bc34
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The New York Public Library. "Eickemeyer's hat-stretching machine ; Head with stretching levers (hat-stretching machine) ; Wool-hat-body blocking machine" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-20e0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. "Eickemeyer's hat-stretching machine ; Head with stretching levers (hat-stretching machine) ; Wool-hat-body blocking machine" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-20e0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. Eickemeyer's hat-stretching machine ; Head with stretching levers (hat-stretching machine) ; Wool-hat-body blocking machine Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-20e0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-20e0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Eickemeyer's hat-stretching machine ; Head with stretching levers (hat-stretching machine) ; Wool-hat-body blocking machine|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 22, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Eickemeyer's hat-stretching machine ; Head with stretching levers (hat-stretching machine) ; Wool-hat-body blocking machine