No. American Home Knitting Machine Census

My Name_________________________________

Address___________________________________

Town __________ State/Prov. _________Zip Code _________

Country (outside US) _______

[If your machine(s) came with paper materials, place an asterisk (*) by serial #]

I have [number] :                                                                                             serial # (s)

___ Aiken Family Knitting Machine, [1858 treadle ]                                                _____

___ Aiken Portable Family Knitting Machine [1861-67]                                          _____

___ The New Hampshire Knitter [same portable after 1867]                                   _____

___J. Hollen & J. McMullen single stitch knitter [various makers] 1831/1837   ______
___ Joseph Hollen, Hollen Knitting Machine Co., Indiana, PA 1860s-70s              ______
___Wm H. H. Hollen. Fostoria /Tyrone. PA 1870s                                              ______

     Goffe's Patent Family Knitting Machine. Seneca Falls, NY 1860-1865              ______

     Dalton Knitting Machine. Dalton Knitting Machine Co. NYC 1860-65         ______

___Lamb Knitting Machine Mfg Co., Rochester, NY 1864-67                              ______

___Lamb Knitting Machine Co.. Springfield, MA 1865-67                                    ______

___Lamb Knitting Machine Mfg Co., Chicopee Falls, MA 1867-1893                   ______

___Lamb Knitting Machine Co.. Chicopee Falls, MA c.1893--today                     ______

___ Tuttle Knitting Machine. New Brighton, Pa. 1875-77?                                    ______
___[same] Lamb Knitting Machine Mfg Co., Chicopee Falls 1877- ?                    ______

___ Hinkley Knitting Machine Bath, ME 1867-1874                                              ______

___ Hinkley Knitting Machine Norwalk, OH 1876+ ?                                            ______

___ Geo. Patten [improvement on Hinkley] Bath, ME 1868-70?                            ______

___ The Crane Knitter Ft. Atkinson, WI 1868-77                                                   _____

___ Essick "Climax" Knitting Machine Philadelphia, PA by 1870 - ?                       _____
       Home Knitter Co. Wetmore Machine Co., New Haven CT by-1879 .               _____

___ Bickford Patent Knitting Machine, Bickford Novelty Mfg. Co.,
            [1867 patent date only] Boston, MA 1867-68                                             _____
___Bickford Knitting Machine Bickford KM & Spinner Co. " 1868-70.                 _____
___The American Knitting Machine Boston & St. Louis 1868-71.                          _____
___ Dana Bickford Family Knitting Machine NYC/ Chapin CT 1871-75.                _____ 
__ " Bickford Knitting Machine Co. NYC / Bennington, VT 1876-81.                    _____

___ Bridgeport Knitting Machine Bridgeport, CT 1868-70?                                   _____
___ House & Armstrong [oblong knitter] Bridgeport, CT 1871-73/1888?              _____

___O. Twombly & W. Noye [circular] 1868-73                                                   _____

___Twombly Knitting Machine Novelty Knitting Machine Co.,
                                                            Hartford, CT 1878-80?                                       
___Twombly Knitting Machine Co. Boston, MA 1880-1889                                _____

___Franz & Pope Knitting Machine Co., Bucyrus, OH c. 1868-72?                      _____
___Franz & Pope Automatic Knitting Machine Bucyrus, OH 1872-89                  _____

___Comstock's Universal Knitting & Mending Machine Cleveland. OH 1870-72?   _____

___Branson Knitter Chicago, 111. 1871-76 / Philadelphia, PA 1876-1885               _____
___New Branson Knitter Philadelphia & Bellefonte, PA 1885 -1900+                     _____

___J. M. Armour patent [National Knitting Machine Co.?] Syracuse, NY 1870-?    _____
___Edward P. Curtiss/Theodore C. Foote, Cleveland/Norwalk, OH 1874 -?         _____  

___Mayo Knitting Machine. Wm. H. Mayo & Son, St. Joseph, MI 1879-84          _____
                                                                                &Lynn,MA 1885-1889        _____
                                           Mayo Knitting Machine Co. Franklin, NH 1890 -96       _____
                            Mayo Knitting Machine & Needle Co. Franklin, NH 1896-1902     _____

___The Acme. Geo. D. Mayo Knitting Machine Co. Laconia, NH 1902-11           _____

___Perfection Knitting Machine. Clearfield, PA 1891-1906                                    ____

___People's H. S. Knitting Machine, T. E. Gearhart, Blue Bar. PA 1888 - 91         _____
___People's High Speed Knitting Machine. J.E. Gearhart & Sons, Clearfield, PA 1895-1904      _____
___Gearhart's Improved Family Knitter. J.E. Gearhart & Son [ribber 1898] 1892-1904  _____
___Gearhart Family KM Gearhart Knitting Machine Co. 1905-1926                     _____
___Gearhart's Improved KM [circle models: 1904,1908,1914 & 1914-B] 1904-1928/1950s  _____

___Helping-Hand Stores/ No-Darn socks [Gearhart/Auto-knitter] Chicago, IL c. 1914+/- _____

___Auto-Knitter Hosiery Co., Toronto, Canada, 1904 - ? / Buffalo, NY 1916 - 27
                                    [circle country } Leicester, Eng. by 1917-? model: __________

___Ainslie Knitting Machine Co., Brooklyn, NY after 1927 - ?                                _____
___Harmony Knitter (revived Auto-kniter) Harmony, ME 1970 - 80s                      _____

___Griswold Stocking Knitter, I.L. Berridge/Leicester, Eng. 1881- [or other Br. brands]_____
___Griswold Knitter Madison/ New Haven CT 1880-1882+                                  _____

___ Polypus Knitter Co. NYC c. 1897-?                                                                _____

___Steber Family Knitting Machine Steber Machine Co. Inc., Utica, NY 1906 - c. 1930?                                                                                                                   _____

 Cooperative Hosiery Co., Indianapolis, Ind. 1899 - c. 1904                         ______

___Home Profit Knitter Master Machine, Rochester, NYc.1919-27                     _____
___others?
[name]_______________________________                                            _____

[name]_______________________________                                            _____

[name]_______________________________                                          _____ 

Canadian Home Knitters

Creelman Bros. 1876 -1923/ Creelman Ltd., Georgetown, Ont. 1923-1933?
___The Money Maker Machine. [ 6 sizes by 1913] 1881 -1910s?                            _____
___Improved Money Maker by 1905                                                                     _____
___The World's Star Knitting [Mitt Machine c. 1881                                              _____
___ The Banner Knitting Machine c. 1905 -                                                           _____

P. T. Legare Knitting Machine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1930s - ?                       _____
Legare Money Maker A = Creelman's of same name? 1930s - ?                               ____
Verdun Knitter = later Legare machines, cheaply made/ bad metal                            ____

Thank you for participating in this census.
Please, return this completed form (with any photos available) to:

Richard M. Candee, 6 Scituate Road, York, ME 03909-5724