Knitting machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CIRCULAR/DOMESTIC USE
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0722.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Auto Knitter Hosiery Co.
- MODEL
- AUTO KNITTER
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 14
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, WITH SOME WOOD PTS/.2-.7,.9-.14 METAL;.8 METAL WITH WOOD & LEATHER PTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 47.5 cm
- Width
- 24.0 cm
- Height
- 31.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Textile working
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Auto Knitter
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO MECHANICALLY KNIT SOCKS & OTHER ITEMS - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY WHICH WAS MARKETED IN PART BY PROMOTING ITS USE AS A MEANS TO EARN MONEY WORKING AT HOME/ THIS MARKETING WAS AIMED PRIMARILY AT WOMEN, WHO COULD THEN EARN MONEY FOR THEMSELVES &/OR THEIR FAMILIES WHILE STILL DOING TRADITIONAL 'FEMALE' WORK IN THE 'FEMALE' SPHERE OF THE HOME - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 CAST IN 'AUTO', 'THE/ AUTO/ KNITTER' & 'AUTO/ KNITTER/ MADE IN CANADA'/ ON CRATE 'From/ The Auto Knitter Hosiery Co. Ltd./ 1870 Davenport Road,/ Toronto, Ont.'/ LABEL ON END INCLUDES 'MACHINE 4 1/2" 60X30-80X40 2 1/2 lbs. Yarn./ FROM THE AUTO KNITTER HOSIERY CO., LIMITED/ 1870 DAVENPORT ROAD, WEST TORONTO, ONT./ [TYPEWRITTEN] #623-A/ Mrs. Fred Ellerbeck/ Harrowsmith, Ont.'
- Missing
- From CA of 06/12/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- .1 PAINTED BLACK ON OUTSIDE OF CASING & RED INSIDE, SILVER-TONE PTS,VARNISHED HANDLE;.2-.5 PAINTED BLACK,.2-.4 ALSO HAVE SOME SILVER-TONE FINISH,.3 &.5 HAVE SOME CORROSION/.6-.7 PAINTED BLACK & SILVER-TONE FINISH/.8 PAINTED BLACK, VARNISHED WOOD PTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Auto Knitter Hosiery Co., Knitting machine, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1979.0722, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1979.0722.001/
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