. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 73.âBartlett sewing machine. 1867. The Bartlet: machine was first manufactured in 1866 under the January 31. 1865, and October 10, 1865. patents of Joseph W. Bardett. The machines were made by Goodspeed & Wyman for the Bartlett Co. and were so marked. The inventor received another patent on April 7, 1868. and later machines cany this third date also. Although the first few hundred machines did not bear the dates of patents held by the â Combination,'' before the end of the first year of production Bardett was paying royalties. Hr
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 73.âBartlett sewing machine. 1867. The Bartlet: machine was first manufactured in 1866 under the January 31. 1865, and October 10, 1865. patents of Joseph W. Bardett. The machines were made by Goodspeed & Wyman for the Bartlett Co. and were so marked. The inventor received another patent on April 7, 1868. and later machines cany this third date also. Although the first few hundred machines did not bear the dates of patents held by the â Combination,'' before the end of the first year of production Bardett was paying royalties. Hr continued to manufacture sewing machines until the early seventies when he converted to the manufacturing of street lamps. Using serial numbers. Bardett's machines can be dated approximately as follows: 1â1000, 1866; 1001â3126, 1867; 3127â?. 1868. There is no record of serial numbers for the succeeding years. 1 Smithsonian photo 45524 ( .. Figure 74.âBartram & Fanton sewing machine, 1867. These machines were first manu- factured in 1867 under the patents of \V. B. Bartram. notably his patent of January 1, 1867. Three machines were exhibited at The Eleventh Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association in 1869 where they were awarded a bronze medal. They were com- pared favorably to the W'illcox & Gibbs machine (see fig. 39), which they resembled. Bartram received additional patents in the early seventies and also manufactured lock-stitch machines. Using serial numbers, machines may be approximately dated as follows: 1â2958, 1867; 2959â3958, 1868; 3959â1958. 1869; 4959â5958. 1870; 5959â6962, 1871; 6963â7961, 1872; 7962â8961, 1873: and 8962â9211, 1874. (Smithsonian photo P631" 79. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smiths
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