DUNKLEE & TILTON CONCORD NH INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY 1873 CDV PHOTO by KIMBALL BROS. For Sale

ORIGINAL! RARE! 1873-1875 DUNKLEE & TILTON CONCORD NH INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY CDV PHOTO by KIMBALL BROS

1873-1875 DUNKLEE & TILTON CONCORD NH INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY CDV PHOTO by KIMBALL BROS

ITEM SPECIFICS

• TYPE: PHOTOGRAPH
• FORMAT: CARTE DE VISITE (CDV) / TRADE CARD
• SIZE: 2 7/16\" X 4 1/8\"
• DATE OF ORIGIN: CIRCA 1873 - 1875
• PHOTOGRAPHER: KIMBALL BROTHERS (STATE BLOCK, CONCORD, N.H.)
• SUBJECT: INDUSTRIAL POWER SCROLL SAW / JIGSAW / PATTERN-MAKING MACHINE
• MANUFACTURER: DUNKLEE & TILTON (CONCORD, N.H.)
• REGION OF ORIGIN: NEW ENGLAND / NEW HAMPSHIRE
• ORIGINAL/REPRINT: ORIGINAL VINTAGE IMPRESSION

ITEM DESCRIPTION

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS AN INCREDIBLY RARE, HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT 19TH-CENTURY INDUSTRIAL TRADE CARTE DE VISITE (CDV) CAPTURING A PIECE OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURING HISTORY THAT IS VIRTUALLY UNRECORDED. THIS PHOTOGRAPH MEASURES PRECISELY 2 7/16 INCHES BY 4 1/8 INCHES. INDEED, THIS IS A CUSTOM-TRIMMED INDUSTRIAL SPECIMEN MOUNT USED SPECIFICALLY BY TRAVELING FOUNDRY SALESMEN AS A PROMOTIONAL SAMPLE IN LEATHER ALBUMS.

ABOUT THE SUBJECT MACHINERY:

THE FRONT OF THE PHOTO SHOWS A HEAVY-DUTY VINTAGE INDUSTRIAL POWER SCROLL SAW OR JIGSAW FEATURING A LARGE ROUND WOODEN ROTATING TABLE, AN ORNATE CAST-IRON PEDESTAL BASE, AND AN OVERHEAD RECIPROCATING BLADE GUIDE SYSTEM. RAISING THE VALUE OF THIS CARD IMMENSELY IS THE FACT THAT THE SIDE FRAME CASTING IS CLEARLY BRANDED \" DUNKLEE & TILTON \"

HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE & RARITY:

THE FIRM OF DUNKLEE & TILTON (FOUNDED BY INVENTOR BENJAMIN F. DUNKLEE) ONLY OFFICIALLY EXISTED FOR A NARROW 24-MONTH WINDOW BETWEEN ROUGHLY 1873 AND 1875 BEFORE BEING ABSORBED BY THE JOHN A. WHITE COMPANY. BECAUSE OF THIS ULTRA-BRIEF FOOTPRINT, SURVIVING MACHINES AND PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS FOR THIS SPECIFIC NEW ENGLAND FOUNDRY ARE VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTENT. THIS IMAGE SERVES AS A CRITICAL HISTORIC LINK SHOWING THE FIRM\'S ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURE AND REVOLUTIONARY POWER TOOL DESIGNS AT THE PEAK OF THE POST-CIVIL WAR INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.

THE BACKSTAMP:

THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE CARD FEATURING THE DISTINGUISHED GOTHIC PRINTING CONFIRMS THE STUDIO AS THE FAMOUS \"KIMBALL BROTHERS, STATE BLOCK, CONCORD, N.H.\" WHO OPERATED AT THIS LOCATION DURING THE EXACT SAME SHORT ERA. THE MACHINE WAS DELIBERATELY BROUGHT TO THEIR STUDIO FOR SPECIALIZED COMMERCIAL PATENT OR CATALOG DOCUMENTATION.

CONDITION:

THE CARTE DE VISITE IS IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION GIVEN ITS AGE OF OVER 150 YEARS. SEPIA TONING IS RICH WITH CRISP DETAIL TRACING THE MACHINE METALLURGY AND THE TEXTILE BACKGROUND DROPDOWN. VERY MINIMAL EDGING WEAR TO THE RIGID CARDSTOCK BACKING MATRICES COINCIDING WITH ITS EXCLUSIONARY SALESMAN POCKET LIFE. PLEASE EXAMINE THE UPLOADED PHOTOGRAPHS FOR AN EXACT VISUAL ANALYSIS.AN ABSOLUTE MUST-HAVE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR OF ANTIQUE WOODWORKING TOOL HISTORY, NEW ENGLAND FOUNDRY EPHEMERA, PATENTEPHEMERAOR HISTORIC CONCORD NEW HAMPSHIRE MEMORABILIA.

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