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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Cox & Sons Company Records
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1533
- Creators:
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Cox & Sons Company
- Dates:
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1900-1935, undated
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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.15 Cubic feet1 box
- Repository:
Collection consists of photographs and catalogues documenting the work of Cox & Sons Company. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Bridgeton, New Jesery it manufacturered pipe cutting and threading machines as well as many other tools and machinery.
Content Description
Content Description
Collection consists primarily of black and white photographic prints of the machinery that was manufactured by Cox & Sons Company. There are also a few catalogues with illustrations and specifications for these products. Photographs of workers inside the shop and outside of the Bridgetown, New Jersey building and exterior views of the building itself can also be found among the materials. A photograph of a letter from the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company to Cox & Sons Company in reference to the suit filed in the United States Court at Philadelphia against the Philadelphia Pneumatic Tool Company, Keller Tool Company, and all others for infringement of Boyer Pneumatic tool patents is also part of this collection. Materials are arranged in chronological order.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in one series.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Cox & Sons Company were engineers and manufacturers of pipe cutting and threading machinery in addition to many other machines and tools including threading dies; die chaser grinders; socket tapping machines; scrap bundling machines for brass, iron, or steel; fuel oil burners; fuel oil apparatus; Siemens reversing valves; steam engine-driven machines; and air compressors. The company was in the Lafayette Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and in Bridgeton, New Jersey. According to a leaflet, in the Jay T. Last Collection held by the Huntington Library, Cox & Sons Company exhibited their products at the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876.
Administration
Author
Vanessa Broussard-Simmons
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection purchased from Walter Grossman, 1981.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist, 2023. Finding aid encoded by Audrey Willius, intern, 2023.
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work & Industry in February 2022.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Preferred Citation
Cox & Sons Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Related Materials
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Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0143
Eisler Engineering Company Records, NMAH.AC.0704
Cooper-Bessemer Corporation Records, NMAH.AC.0961
Nordberg Manufacturing Company Collection, NMAH.AC.0975
Southwark Foundry and Machine Company, NMAH.AC.1107
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Frick Company Records, NMAH.AC.0293
Erasmus D. Leavitt Papers, NMAH.AC.0966
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Glass Plate Negatives, NMAH.AC.1089
For related material on metal working machinery, see the following collections:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Machinery, NMAH.AC.0060
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0143
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Collection, NMAH.AC.0803
Max Kronenberg Papers, NMAH.AC.0813
James Nicol Halkett Papers, NMAH.AC.1455
Smithsonian Archives and Libraries
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Other Repositories
University of California, Libraries, Calisphere, Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Cox & Sons exhibits, Philadelphia exhibition, 1876
Keywords
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| Metalworking | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Metal-working machinery | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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