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.

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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17212433
Barcode: 33333159377270
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bc5bedf0-c552-012f-b32b-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1780

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, 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. 1780 - 1950. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc5bedf0-c552-012f-b32b-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1780 - 1950). Eickemeyer's hat-stretching machine ; Head with stretching levers (hat-stretching machine) ; Wool-hat-body blocking machine Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc5bedf0-c552-012f-b32b-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, 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 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc5bedf0-c552-012f-b32b-58d385a7bc34

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