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Creelman Bros.
I am indebted to W. Murray Clark for the loan of Creelman Catalogue No 101 and his encouragement to publish information from it for the enlightenment of the sock machine hobbyist.
There has been a flood of interest in Creelman machines lately, and this catalogue contains a wealth of historical information. From the cover pages alone it is shown that they were established in 1872 in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada, had 6 models, and were in business for 44 years. (Someone had rubber stamped the front cover Jun 19 1916, which agrees with the mathematics.) The line drawing of the factory on this page (page 1 in the catalogue) claims a capacity to make "3000 machines per year".
According to their introductory remarks, they had "out-lived more than 10 competitors" and had "over 30,000 satisfied users".
The six main machines illustrated in the catalogue were: MONEY-MAKER, BANNER, WORLD'S-STAR, DOLLAR-MAKER, MONEY-MAKER-A, and IMPROVED-MONEY-MAKER. They also listed an IMPROVED MONEY-MAKER MITT-MACHINE and a POWER LOOPER-SEAMER. In the way of accessories they had a BANNER STAND NO. 1 and 2, and the IDEAL CABINET NO. 1.
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