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The four Wildman books that I found on eBay have provided an abundance of interesting information about the company. Three were parts lists and one was an 80 page catalogue of company products. The company was a manufacturer of "Circular Rib Knitting Machinery". I counted 18 different models of their machines. No mention was made of flat type knitters like the Lambs or Gimson & Coltmans.
The catalogue had the words "ESTABLISHED 1889" on the front cover. One of the parts lists had the date 1948 on the last page. The size of the Wildman building complex suggests they were a large company. It would be interesting to know the size of their work force.
The last 8 pages of the catalogue had tables of data on relative sizes of cotton, worsted and woolen yarns, rules for measuring yarns, and telegraph codes for the "dispatch of urgent business". An example of the telegraph code is: "Assault", which translated to "Prices are correct and are in accordance with our regular terms". The code saved businesses money on telegrams. Wildman had 275 code words listed and there were also Lieber's and Western Union codes available.
The Barney Knitting Machinery Co., Inc. has an Internet site where
used knitting machines and parts can be purchased. They list a number of used Wildman Jacquard Knitting Machines for sale.
Visit http://barneyknitting.com/about.html for an interesting story about the Barney Knitting Machinery Co., Inc.
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