Bradley & Hubbard design catalogues and historical information

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Above, left, cover of Bradley & Hubbard design catalogue (188?). Right, cover of the company’s no. 75 design catalogue (1892-93). See entries below for more information.


"BRADLEY & HUBBARD MANUFACTURING CO., Meriden, Conn.
Gas Fixtures at Manufacturers’ Prices. Oil Fixtures, Extension Chandeliers, Library and Hall Lamps, Table, Banquet and Extension Piano Lamps, Bronze and Brass Ornaments, Figures, Tables, Fireplace Furniture, Easels, Pitchers, etc. Manufacturers of "The B. & H." Central Draught Lamp. It is perfect in every respect; the best Central Draught Lamp yet produced. Salesrooms: New York, 26 Park Place; Boston, 184 Franklin St.; Chicago, 88 Wabash St.; and at Factories, Hanover St. President, Walter Hubbard; Treasurer, N.L. Bradley; Secretary, C.F. Linsley."

— D.H. Hurd & Co. in (1893). In Town and city atlas of the State of Connecticut. Compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations, p. 211. (See entry below.)


Bradley & Hubbard (active 1854-1940) design catalogues and historical information (by year) [1]

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1850s

Various newspapers, magazines and other sources

(c. 1854-). Various newspapers, magazines and other sources - search engines. (Updated 20 April 2019.)

1856 - map

(1856). Map of New Haven County, Connecticut [with marking for Bradley Hatch & Co Clock Factory (Bradley & Hubbard predecessor)]. H & C. T. Smith: Philadelphia. (Viewed 6 October 2020. E01632; F01795).

1857 - patent - design for clock case

Pietro Cinquini, assignor to W. L. Bradley, W. Hubbard and N. L. Bradley. (6 October 1857). Letters patent no. D946: Design for clock case. (Viewed 21 April 2018. AAA01404).

1858 - patent - improvement in sewing-machines

G. W. Hubbard, assignor to himself, Walter Hubbard, W. L. Bradley and N. L. Bradley. (14 September 1858). Letters patent no. 21,537: Improvement in sewing-machines. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01405).

1859 - news mention

(11 November 1859). State items [with mention: "The clock factory of Bradley & Hubbard took fire Monday forenoon, but the flames were extinguished without much damage."] Hartford Courant, p. 2. (Viewed 19 October 2018. D00347).

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1860s

1863 - patent - improved call-bell

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to himself, Walter Hubbard and William L. Bradly [sic]. (25 August 1863). Letters patent no. 39,697: Improved call-bell. (Viewed 15 March 2018. AAA01172).

1864 - patent - improvement in spring tape-measures

William H. Bangs, Jr., assignor to Nathaniel L. Bradley and Walter Hubbard. (6 December 1864). Letters patent no. 45,372: Improvement in spring tape-measures. (15 March 2018. AAA01170).

1864 - historical information

Bishop, J. Leander. (1864). On "Bradley & Hubbard", (p. 756). In A history of American manufactures from 1608 to 1860. [Brief mention, see excerpt below.] Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co. (Viewed 1 June 2017. A02568-70.)

"[The] Clock and Bell Manufactory of Bradley & Hubbard, employed sixty-two hands".


1865 - news brief - social event

(24 June 1865). Meriden [with mention of Walter Hubbard]. Hartford Daily Courant, p. 2. (Viewed 23 December 2020. F01962).

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"Grand Marshal Jedediah Wilcox has appointed the following Assistant Marshals to act with him during the grand celebration on the 4th of July... [including] Walter Hubbard, Edward Miller... Dennis C. Wilcox... John E. Parker... Wilbur F. Parker... Cephas B. Rogers... "


1865 - six advertisements

J. H. Baldwin, New York. (November - December 1865). Advertisements: "... Bradley & Hubbard... " [with no illustrations]. The Charleston Daily News (South Carolina). (Viewed 27 April 2020. H01247-52).

1866 - news mention

(6 September 1866). Miscellaneous (with mention: "The loss by the burning of Bradley & Hubbard factory at Meriden was about $30,000 [or 39k] ..."). Hartford Courant, p. 8. (Viewed 19 October 2018. D00348).

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1867 - B&H in American Institute Fair

(1868). On "Bradley & Hubbard", (pp. 56-7). In: Annual report of the American Institute, of the City of New York, for the year 1867-68. (Viewed 28 May 2017. A02565; A02567; D00527-28.)

> Exhibited unspecified designs by Bradley & Hubbard.

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  • Offline - (10 September 1867). The American Institute Fair: The preparations... [with mention of opening date; no mention of B&H]. New York Times, p. 5. (See worldcat.org for locations.)
  • Offline - (23 October 1867). American Institute Fair [with mention of closing date; no mention of B&H]. New York Tribune, p. 2. (See worldcat.org for locations.)
"Messrs. Bradley & Hubbard, of West Meridan [sic], Conn., are the inventors of an improved device for raising and lowering lamps, exhibited in this collection. These makers also exhibit some very tasty and finely finished chandeliers." (Excerpt from annual report above.)


1868 - historical information

Bishop, J. Leander. (1868). "Manufactures in Meriden" (mentions Bradley & Hubbard), (pp. 424-26). In A history of American manufactures from 1608-1860 (3rd edition, revised and enlarged). Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co. (Viewed 15 June 2016. A00816-18.)


1868 patents

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1868 - patent - improvement in match-safe

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley and Hubbard. (28 January 1868). Letters patent no. 73,706: Improvement in match-safe. (Viewed 15 March 2018. AAA01170).

1868 - patent - improvement in suspension-springs for lamps

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley and Hubbard. (7 April 1868). Letters patent no. 76,317: Improvment in suspension-springs for lamps. (Viewed 15 March 2018. AAA01171).

1868 - patent - improvement in extension-fixtures for chandeliers

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (21 April 1868). Letters patent no. 77,019: Improvement in extension-fixtures for chandeliers. (Viewed 15 March 2018. AAA01172).

1868 - patent - improvement in chandeliers

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (26 May 1868). Letters patent no. 78,365: Improvement in chandeliers. (Viewed 15 March 2018. AAA01173).

1868 - patent - improvement in gas-fixture

Nathaniel L. Bradley and John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley and Hubbard. (20 October 1868) Letters patent no. 83,246: Improvement in gas-fixture. (Viewed 15 March 2018. AAA01174).



1869 advertisements

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1869 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard (2 October 1869). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Gas and Kerosene Fixtures, Call Bells, Spring Tape Measures, Sewing Birds, and Ornamental Bronze Iron Goods..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 3. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01089).

1869 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard. (1 December 1869). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Gas and Kerosene Fixtures, Call Bells, Spring Tape Measures, Sewing Birds, and Ornamental Bronze Iron Goods..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 3. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01090).





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1870s

1870 advertisements

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1870 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard. (14 September 1870). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Gas and Kerosene Fixtures, Call Bells, Spring Tape Measures, Sewing Birds, and Ornamental Bronze Iron Goods..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 5. (Viewed 22 July 2019. C01105).

1870 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard. (5 December 1870). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Gas and Kerosene Fixtures, Call Bells... Ornamental Bronze Iron Goods... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 6. (Viewed 16 July 2019. H01095).



1870 patents

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1870 - patent - improvement in coating and bronzing iron

Lansing Dockstader. (26 April 1870). Letters patent no. 102,378: Improvement in coating and bronzing iron. (Viewed 15 March 2018. AAA01175).

1870 - patent - design for a chandelier

Pietro Cinquini. (31 May 1870). Design no. 4085: Design for a chandelier. (Viewed 15 March 2018. AAA01176).

1870 - patent - design for a lamp-bracket

Pietro Cinquini. (31 May 1870). Design no. 4086: Design for a lamp-bracket. (Viewed 15 March 2018. AAA01177).



1870? - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1870?). [Catalogue]. 32 pp. (Updated 29 April 2017. A01114.)


1871 advertisements

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1871 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard. (1 July 1871). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Gas and Kerosene Fixtures, Call Bells, Spring Tape Measures, Sewing Birds, and Ornamental Bronze Iron Goods..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 3. (Viewed 2 December 2020. F01878).

1871 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard. (6 September 1871). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Gas and Kerosene Fixtures, Call Bells, Spring Tape Measures, Sewing Birds, and Ornamental Bronze Iron Goods..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 3. (Viewed 24 July 2019. C01118).

1871 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard. (5 December 1871). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Gas and Kerosene Fixtures, Call Bells, Spring Tape Measures, Sewing Birds, and Ornamental Bronze Iron Goods..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 3. (Viewed 20 July 2019. C01084).



1871 patents

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1871 - patent - design for lamp-brackets

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (4 April 1871). Design no. 4770: Design for lamp-brackets. (18 March 2018. AAA01277).

1871 - patent - improvement in cups for kerosene lamps

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (31 January 1871). Letters patent no. 111,430: Improvement in cups for kerosene lamps. (18 March 2018. AAA01276).

1871 - patent - improvement in drawer-pull label-holders

John A. Evarts, & Pietro Cinquini, assignors to Bradley & Hubbard. (11 April 1871). Letters patent no. 113,506: Improvement in drawer-pull label-holders. (18 March 2018. AAA01278).

1871 - patent - design for a match-safe (in shape of a frog)

George R. Hubbard, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (18 April 1871). Design no. 4814: Design for a match-safe (in shape of a frog). (Viewed 18 March 2018. AAA01279).

1871 - patent - improvement in standards for drop-lights

James Cunningham, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (30 May 1871). Letters patent no. 115,442: Improvement in standards for drop-lights. (Viewed 18 March 2018. AAA01280).

1871 - patent - design for a chandelier

Pietro Cinquini, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (13 June 1871). Design 4984: Design for a chandelier. (Viewed 18 March 2018. AAA01281).

1871 - patent - design for a chandelier

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (13 June 1871). Design no. 5005: Design for a chandelier. (Viewed 18 March 2018. AAA01282).

1871 - patent - design for chandelier

Frederick Robt. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (31 October 1871). Design no. 5343: Design for chandelier. (Viewed 18 March 2018. AAA01284).

1871 - patent - design for chandelier

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (31 October 1871). Design no. 5344: Design for chandelier. (Viewed 18 March 2018. AAA01283).



1872 - spotlighted article mention - B&H in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(20 September 1872). The Agricultural Fair [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard ... "Meritorious Mention... Chandeliers, call bells, umbrella stands, statuettes, boquet holder, etc."]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 3-4. (Viewed 11 November 2020. F01835).

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"... These Gas Fixtures; There is one feature of the fair that we think deserves more than passing notice, and that is the samples on exhibition from the manufactory of Messrs. Bradley & Hubbard... The forty-two light chandelier suspended from the dome of the hall is the subject of universal praise. This chandelier is an exact duplicate of one made to order some time ago for the City Hall of Lawrence, Mass. The pattern of the [arms] is from new designs, the bronze (a chocolate color) has never been used in Meriden before, and the chandelier is the largest that has been turned out by the shop... The bronzing was done by Mr. Tighe, formerly with Messrs. Mitchell, Vance & Co. of New York... " (Excerpt from above.)


1872 - article mention - B&H in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(19 September 1872). The Agricultural Fair; A great variety; A fine exhibition [with mention of "... bronze lamps, call bells, umbrella stand, ornamental bronze goods, tape measure, Bradley & Hubbard... " Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 3-4. (Viewed 11 November 2020. F01869).


1872 advertisements

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1872 - advertisement

Everhart & Co., Chicago, IL. (4 July 1872). Advertisement: "... Just received, a consignment of TEA BELLS, of a new and beautiful pattern, made by Bradley & Hubbard... " [with no illustration]. The Advance, p. 7. (Viewed 31 May 2019. C00920).

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1872 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard. (19 September 1872). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Gas and Kerosene Fixtures, Call Bells, Spring Tape Measures, Sewing Birds, and Ornamental Bronze Iron Goods..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 11 November 2020. F01870).

1872 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard. (2 October 1872). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Gas and Kerosene Fixtures, Call Bells, Spring Tape Measures, Sewing Birds, and Ornamental Bronze Iron Goods..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 24 July 2019. C01119).

1872 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard. (22 November 1872). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Gas and Kerosene Fixtures, Call Bells, Spring Tape Measures, Sewing Birds, and Ornamental Bronze Iron Goods... New York City... Meriden... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 2 November 2020. F01700).



1872 patents

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1872 - patent - design for figure for lamp-base

David Mosman, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (16 January 1872). Design no. 5475: Design for figure for lamp-base. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01405).

1872 - patent - design for figure for lamp-base

David Mosman, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (16 January 1872). Design no. 5476: Design for figure for lamp-base. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01406).

1872 - patent - improvement in tape-measures

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (13 February 1872). Letters patent no. 123,624: Improvement in tape-measures. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01407).

1872 - patent - design for chandeliers

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (26 March 1872). Design no. 5732: Design for chandeliers. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01408).

1872 - patent - design for chandeliers

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (26 March 1872). Design no. 5733: Design for chandeliers. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01409).

1872 - patent - improvement in tape-measures

Alvin J. Fellows, assignor to Nathaniel L. Bradley & Walter Hubbard. (Reissued 30 July 1872). Reissue 5008; Letters patent no. 79,965 (14 July 1868; Alvin J. Fellows): Improvement in tape-measures. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01410).

1872 - patent - improvements in hooks for chandeliers

Walter Hubbard, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (3 September 1872). Letters patent no. 131,100: Improvements in hooks for chandeliers. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01411).



1873 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1873). Illustrated catalogue of kerosene fixtures : bronze lamps, figures, patent call bells, spring tape measures, sewing birds, bronze goods, etc., etc. 92 pp. (Updated 29 April 2017. A01115-16; AAA00110; DM.)


1873 patents

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1873 - patent - improvement in chandeliers

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (7 January 1873). Letters patent no. 134,585: Improvement in chandeliers. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01413).

1873 - patent - improvement in call-bells

Henry Stratton, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (11 February 1873). Letters patent no. 135,860: Improvement in call-bells. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01414).

1873 - patent - improvement in plastic compositions for the manufacture of knobs and other molded articles

Henry E. Shepard, assignor to Bradley and Hubbard. (8 July 1873; filed 21 February 1873). Letters patent no. 140,735: Improvement in plastic compositions for the manufacture of knobs and other molded articles. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01416).

1873 - patent - improvement in tape-measures

Henry B. Tyler, assignor to Bradley and Hubbard. (8 July 1873; filed 13 May 1873). Letters patent no. 140,745: Improvement in tape-measures. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01415).

1873 - patent - design for lamp-foot

Nathaniel L. Bradley, (30 September 1873; filed 16 September 1873). Design no. 6899: Design for lamp-foot. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01417).

1873 - patent - improvement in suspension-pulleys

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (28 October 1873; filed 24 September 1873). Letters patent no. 144,078: Improvement in suspension-pulleys. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01418).

1873 - patent - improvement in slide-pendants for hanging lamps

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (16 December 1873; filed 26 October 1872). Letters patent no. 145,637: Improvement in slide-pendants for hanging lamps. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01419).

1873 - patent - design for a lamp-pedestal

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (16 December 1873; filed 22 November 1873). Design no. 7049: Design for a lamp-pedestal. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01420).



1874 - directory listing

(1874). Listing: "Lamp Manufacturers... Bradley & Hubbard", (p. 198). (Search directory for other possible listings.) In The Connecticut Business Directory for 1874. Briggs & Co.: Boston. (Viewed 19 October 2020. F01535; F01550).

1874 - article - B&H installation in St. James Hotel, New York

(10 September 1874). The St. James Hotel [with mention of installation of Bradley & Hubbard lighting, column far right, and illustration of building exterior]. Daily Graphic (New York), p. 505. (Viewed 3 May 2020. H01331).

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"... This hotel is located on the southwest corner of Broadway and Twenty-sixth street... New chandeliers, of the most modern and elegant patterns, have been placed throughout the house by Bradley & Hubbard..." (Excerpt from above.)


1874 patents

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1874 - patent - design for call bells

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (27 January 1874; filed 15 January 1874). Design no. 7134: Design for call bells. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01867).

1874 - patent - improvement in call-bells.

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (3 February 1874; filed 15 January 1874). Letters patent no. 147,116: Improvement in call-bells. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01868).

1874 - patent - lamp-pedestals

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (10 February 1874; filed 16 September 1873). Design no. 7158: Lamp-pedestals. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01873).

1874 - patent - lamp-pedestals

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (10 February 1874; filed 15 January 1874). Design no. 7161: Lamp-pedestals. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01874).

1874 - patent - design for a lamp-pedestal

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (10 February 1874; filed 22 November 1873). Design no. 7162: Design for a lamp-pedestal. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01875).

1874 - patent - improvement in lanterns

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (14 April 1874; filed 26 February 1874). Letters patent no. 149,734: Improvement in lanterns. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01881).

1874 - patent - design for lamp-brackets

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (14 July 1874; filed 3 June 1874). Design no. 7538: Design for lamp-brackets. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01882).

1874 - patent - design for lamp-bracket

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (14 July 1874; filed 3 June 1874). Design no. 7539: Design for lamp-bracket. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01927).

1874 - patent - design for lamp-brackets

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (14 July 1874; filed 3 June 1874). Design no. 7540: Design for lamp-brackets. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01928).

1874 - patent - design for chandelier

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (21 July 1874; filed 3 June 1874). Design no. 7575: Design for chandelier. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01929).

1874 - patent - design for chandelier

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (21 July 1874; filed 3 June 1874). Design no. 7576: Design for chandelier. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01930).



1875 - map

O.H. Bailey & Co. (1875). City of Meriden, Conn. 1875 map. [birds eye view]. Boston. [1 print; lithograph, 55 x 67 cm]. [“View of Meriden Conn. with fifty-eight public buildings, churches, businesses and factories identified at foot." Includes the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co.] (Viewed 24 July 2016. A00048; A01099.)


1875 articles

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1875 - news mention

(29 November 1875). The "New Rock Island House" (hotel) [with mention: "The gas fixtures are elegant and costly and were made to order by the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company..." ]. The Daily Argus (Rock Island, Illinois), presumably p. 5, col. 3-4. (Viewed 24 September 2018. B00442-43).

1875 - news mention

(8 December 1875). Bengston’s block: The pride of Rock Island [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard]. The Daily Argus (Rock Island, Illinois), presumably p. 4, col. 3

"The magnificent 4 story building, corner of Illinois street and market square... the gas fixtures by Bradley & Hubbard, of Meriden, Conn. ..."




1875 patents

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1875 - patent - improvement in lamp-pendants

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (5 January 1875; filed 16 December 1874). Letters patent no. 158,531: Improvement in lamp-pendants. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01876).

1875 - patent - design for lamp-bracket

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (2 February 1875; filed 3 June 1874). Design no. 8041: Design for lamp-bracket. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01877).

1875 - patent - design for chandeliers

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (2 February 1875; filed 3 June 1874). Design no. 8042: Design for chandeliers. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01878).

1875 - patent - design for chandeliers

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (2 February 1875; filed 3 June 1874). Design no. 8043: Design for chandeliers. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01879).

1875 - patent - design for window-bracket

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (16 February 1875; filed 5 December 1874). Design no. 8057: Design for window-bracket. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01880).

1875 - patent - improvement for window-bracket hooks

Nathaniel Plympton, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard. (9 March 1875; filed 7 January 1875). Letters patent no. 160,710: Improvement for window-bracket hooks. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01931).

1875 - patent - design for lamp-pedestals

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (18 May 1875; filed 4 May 1875). Design no. 8328: Design for lamp-pedestals. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01932).

1875 - patent - design for lamp-pedestals

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (13 July 1875; filed 6 July 1875). Design no. 8481: Design for lamp-pedestals. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01933).

1875 - patent - improvement in lamp-founts

Charles F. Linsley, assignor to Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (31 August 1875; filed 27 July 1875). Letters patent no. 167,345: Improvement in lamp-founts. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01934).

1875 - patent - improvement in lanterns

Charles H. Lyman, assignor to Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (2 November 1875; filed 9 August 1875). Letters patent no. 169,457: Improvement in lanterns. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01935).

1875 - patent - improvement in lamps

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (14 December 1875; filed 19 October 1875). Letters patent no. 171,111: Improvement in lamps. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01936).

1875 - patent - design for cigar-lighters

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (28 December 1875; filed 21 December 1875). Design no. 8880: Design for cigar-lighters. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01937).



1876 - book mention - B&H in Philadelphia Centennial exhibition

(1876). List of awards made by the United States Centennial Commission to the American Exhibitors, International Exhibition, 1876, at Philadelphia. [Listed: Bradley & Hubbard, award for "gas and oil fixtures and lamps", (p. 105). The actual award received is not indicated in this text; exhibition dates: 10 May - 10 November 1876.] S. T. Souder & Company: Philadelphia. (Viewed 25 May 2020. A00841-42; F00394; H01681.)

1876 - book mention - B&H in Centennial Exhibition

(1877). Souvenir of the Centennial exhibition [1876]: Connecticut’s representation at Philadelphia (exhibition dates: 10 May - 10 November 1876). [Core section: pp 99-111, with illustrations of bronze vase, lamp, and hanging light fixture, (pp. 109-10); also see exhibits list: pp. 124-27; Exhibitors including Bradley & Hubbard (with illustrations)]. (Updated 25 May 2020. A00965-75).

"..certain it is that their Centennial exhibit was highly creditable to their establishment, and one to commend the admiration of every visitor who inspected it..." (Excerpt from above, p. 111).


1876 - trade card

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1876). Trade card [New York] [on back side: "Location at Centennial Exhibition. N47. Centre of Main Building"]. (Reference code: EP001.01.071.01.03.007. Viewed 25 September 2020. E01520).


1876 articles

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1876 - news mention

(4 March 1876). Personal [with mention of Mr. H. W. Grans now representing several companies including Bradley & Hubbard]. The New Orleans Democrat, presumably p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 10 October 2018. B00912).

1876 - news mention

(7 March 1876). Appointments [with mention: commercial traveler "Mr. H. W. Graves" represents Bradley & Hubbard]. New Orleans Republican, p. 1, col. 3. (Viewed 10 October 2018. B00913).



1876 patents

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1876 - patent - design for stand-lamps

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (11 January 1876; filed 9 December 1875). Design no. 8890: Design for stand-lamps. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01938).

1876 - patent - improvement in call-bells

Henry Stratton, assignor to the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (15 February 1876; filed 21 December 1875). Letters patent no. 173,514: Improvement in call-bells. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01939).

1876 - patent - design for lamp-stands

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (29 February 1876; filed 21 February 1876). Design no. 9119: Design for lamp-stands. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01940).

1876 - patent - design for lamp-stands

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (7 March 1876; filed 21 February 1876). Design no. 9132: Design for lamp-stands. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01941).

1876 - patent - design for inkstands

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (4 July 1876; filed 22 June 1876). Design no. 9383: Design for inkstands. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01942).

1876 - patent - improvement in call-bells

Nathaniel L. Bradley and Henry Stratton, assignors to Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (25 July 1876; filed 10 July 1876). Letters patent no. 180,191: Improvement in call-bells. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01943).

1876 - patent - improvement in extension-lamp fixtures

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (31 October 1876; filed 6 May 1876). Letters patent no. 183,913: Improvement in extension-lamp fixtures. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01944).



after 1876 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (After 1876). Specimen of sheets of bronzed and ornaments. Number of pages unknown. (Updated 29 April 2017. A00049.)


1877 patents

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1877 - patent - improvement in drop-light attachments for chandeliers

John A. Everts, assignor to Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (16 January 1877; 21 February 1876). Letters patent no, 186,332: Improvement in drop-light attachments for chandeliers. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01187).

1877 - patent - improvement in extension-chandeliers

Liverus Hull, assignor to Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company and Meriden Malleable Iron Company. (Reissued 20 March 1877; filed 6 December 1876). Reissue no. 7561; letters patent no. 142,107 (26 August 1873): Improvement in extension-chandeliers. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01188).

1877 - patent - extension lamp fixtures

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (Reissued 24 April 1877; filed 12 April 1877; letters patent no. 183,913 (31 October 1876). Design no. 7628: Extension lamp fixtures. (Viewed 21 March 2018. AAA01412).



1877-78 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1877-78). Illustrated catalogue of the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. kerosene fixtures, bronze lamps. Number of pages unknown. (Updated 29 April 2017. A00050.)

1877-78 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1877-78). Illustrated catalogue of kerosene fixtures, lamps, etc. Number of pages unknown. (Updated 29 April 2017. A00051.)

1878 - article

(1 November 1878). Home Department: Bronze and plated ornamentations. The Manufacturer and Builder: A Practical Journal of Industrial Progress, pp. 259-60.[With large illustrations of ornamental vase; top of card stand; and thermometer and stand with figurine.] (Viewed 31 May 2019. C00921-22).

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"... Of the various establishments which we have lately visited in this city, we were especially and agreeably surprised with that of the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co., of 21 and 23 Barclay street, New York..." (Excerpt from above.)



1878 patents

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1878 - patent - design for extension lamp-fixture

Frederick R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (21 May 1878; filed 3 April 1878). Design no. 10,686: Design for extension lamp-fixture. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01945).

1878 - patent - improvement in extension-chandeliers

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (18 June 1878; filed 6 November 1876). Letters patent no. 205,068: Improvement in extension-chandeliers. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01946).

1878 - patent - design for clock-case

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (9 July 1878; filed 12 June 1878). Design no. 10,742: Design for clock-case. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01947).

1878 - patent - improvement in extension lamp-fixtures

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (30 July 1878; filed 12 July 1878). Letters patent no. 206,550: Improvement in extension lamp-fixtures. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01948).

1878 - patent - design for inkstand-holders

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (12 November 1878; filed 1 November 1878). Design no. 10,908: Design for inkstand-holders. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01949).



1879 articles

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1879 - news brief

(5 April 1879). Still enlarging. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 3, column 2. (Viewed 9 August 2017. A02812.)

"The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. are still enlarging their colossal factories..." (Excerpt from above.)


1879 - article

(26 April 1879). New England manufactures; The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. of Meriden, Conn. [lengthy four-paragraph article]. Hartford Courant, p. 4. (Viewed 19 October 2018. D00320).

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"In the line of gas and kerosene fixtures, lamps, clocks, statuary, statuettes and parlor ornaments, The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. of Meriden, rank among the leading concerns of this country. They produce the largest assortment of gas and oil fixtures of any concern in this country... Their bronze table lamps of different kinds excel all others now in the market as to workmanship, beauty in design and elaborateness in finish... " (Excerpt from above.)




1879 advertisements

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1879 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. July - December 1879). Advertisement: Bronzes, clocks, ornaments..." [with illustration of figurative, bronze sculptural element]. The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, p. v. (Viewed 31 August 2018. E00259).

1879 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1 September 1879). Advertisement: "... Gas and oil fixtures, chandeliers... Centennial Award and Medal, 1876..." [with no illustration]. Brick, Pottery and Glass Journal, p. 107. (Viewed 1 June 2019. C00924).

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1879 patents

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1879 - patent - design for inkstand-holder

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (14 January 1879). Design no. 10,983: Design for inkstand-holder. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01950).

1879 - patent - improvement in extension lamp-fixtures

F. Robert Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (18 March 1879; filed 26 October 1878). Letters patent no. 213,457: Improvement in extension lamp-fixtures. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01951).

1879 - patent - design for inkstand-holders

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (9 September 1879; filed 2 December 1878). Design no. 11,406: Design for inkstand-holders. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01952).

1879 - patent - design for inkstand-holders

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (9 September 1879; filed 2 December 1878). Design no. 11,407: Design for inkstand-holders. (Viewed 11 April 2018. AAA02161).

1879 - patent - design for lamp-brackets

F. Robert Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (21 October 1879; filed 19 September 1879). Design no. 11,465: Design for lamp-brackets. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA02162).

1879 - patent - design for lamp-brackets

F. Robert Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (21 October 1879; filed 19 September 1879). Design no. 11,466: Design for lamp-brackets. (Viewed 11 April 2018. AAA02163).

1879 - patent - improvement in call-bells

John W. Butler, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (25 November 1879; filed 15 October 1879). Letters patent no. 222,009: Improvement in call-bells. (Viewed 11 April 2018. AAA02164).



1880s

1880 - B&H in Melbourne International Exhibition

(1880). Melbourne International Exhibition 1880; The official catalogue of the exhibits, with introductory notes of the countries exhibiting, v. II, second edition to the first issue. [American exhibits, including Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (Class 26.— Clocks and Watches) (p. 235).] (Viewed 26 June 2016. A00997-1000.)

1880 - spotlighted article mention - B & H in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(24 September 1880). The State Fair. Full list of premiums [with mention "Products of Manufactures. Diplomas Awarded... House and mantel ornaments, bronze, both real and imitation, table lamps, gas fixtures, call bells, &c— The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. of Meriden"]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1 & 4. (Viewed 1 November 2020. F01752).

1880 - spotlighted article mention - Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(24 September 1880). The Fair [regarding State Fair, Town Hall exhibition, Meriden, with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 3-4. (Viewed 1 November 2020. F01738).

"All the strangers were charmed with the exhibition, and they stood for a long time gazing intently at... the magnificant case of bronzes, &c., by the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. Many of them expressed surprise at the grandeur of Meriden’s industries. One gentleman remarked that he doubted if any town in the country could boast of so many varieties of manufactures, on such a mammoth scale...

... Fair Notes... the [Hartford] Courant [newspaper] ... ’Bradley & Hubbard, the heavy manufacturers of handsome bronze parlor and mantel artistic gear and notions, think it worth their while to put up a ’centennial’ show case of their goods in the hall... ’ " (Excerpt from above.)



1880 articles

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1880 - news mention

(20 January 1880). News of the state [with "Bridgeport" section and mention: "The improvements to the South church which have been in progress for four months are approaching completion... The chandeliers were made by Messrs. Bradley & Hubbard of Meriden..."]. Hartford Courant, p. 4. (Viewed 19 October 2018. D00349).

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1880 - news mention - B & H in Melbourne exhibition

(22 July 1880). Melbourne’s exhibition (interview with the American Commissioner, Thomas R. Pickering) [with mention: "... will make a handsome exhibit... Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company of lamps and chandeliers..."] Daily Alta California (San Francisco), presumably p. 1, col. 4. (Viewed 10 October 2018. B00922-25)

1880 - article mention - Bradley & Hubbard in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

Meriden, Sept. 23. (24 September 1880). The State Fair; some features of the hall exhibition [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard]. Hartford Daily Courant, p. 1. (Viewed 2 November 2020. C00315).

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1880 - two advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co., New York. (2 & 4 December 1880). Advertisement: "... Gas and oil fixtures, lamps, clocks, bronzes, ornaments, call bells... " [with no illustration]. The Daily Graphic (New York). (Viewed 7 May 2020. H01425).

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  • (2 December 1880, p. 240, col. 5. Search the archive, "New York NY Daily Graphic 1880 Dec-May 1881 Grayscale - 0023", and scroll down for the link.)
  • (4 December 1880, p. 250 or 260, col. 5. Search the archive, "New York NY Daily Graphic 1880 Dec-May 1881 Grayscale - 0038", and scroll down for the link.)


1880 patents

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1880 - patent - shade-holder

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (10 February 1880; filed 19 July 1879). Letters patent no. 224,411: Shade-holder. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01953).

1880 - patent - shade-holder

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (8 June 1880; filed 16 April 1880). Letters patent no. 228,594: Shade-holder. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01954).

1880 - patent - design for lamp-bracket

Fred R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (15 June 1880; filed 10 May 1880). Design no. 11,823: Design for lamp-bracket. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01955).

1880 - patent - design for a lamp-standard

Fred R. Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (22 June 1880; filed 10 May 1880). Design no. 11,829: Design for a lamp-standard. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01956).

1880 - patent - extension lamp fixture

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (20 July 1880). Letters patent no. 230,258: Extension lamp fixture. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01957).

1880 - patent - design for a lamp-standard

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (10 August 1880; filed 2 July 1880). Design no. 11,941: Design for a lamp-standard. (Viewed 7 April 2018. AAA01958).

1880 - patent - design for a chandelier

F. Robert Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (10 August 1880; filed 2 July 1880). Design no. 11,942: Design for a chandelier. (Viewed 11 April 2018. AAA02154).

1880 - patent - student-lamp

Edmund A. Parker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (17 August 1880; filed 12 April 1880). Letters patent no. 231,353: Student-lamp. (Viewed 11 April 2018. AAA02155).

1880 - patent - cigar-lighter lamp

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (7 September 1880; filed 2 July 1880). Letters patent no. 232,058: Cigar-lighter lamp. (Viewed 11 April 2018. AAA02156).

1880 - patent - table-clock

Frank E. Morgan & John A. Evarts, assignors to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (19 October 1880; filed 6 September 1880). Letters patent no. 233,537: Table-clock. (Viewed 11 April 2018. AAA02157).

1880 - patent - extension lamp-fixture

F. Robert Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (2 November 1880; filed 21 July 1880). Letters patent no. 233,879: Extension lamp-fixture. (Viewed 11 April 2018. AAA02158).

1880 - patent - design for a lamp-bracket

F. Robert Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (16 November 1880; filed 11 September 1880). Design no. 12,036: Design for a lamp-bracket. (Viewed 11 April 2018. AAA02159).

1880 - patent - lamp-fixture

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (7 December 1880; filed 20 October 1880). Lamp-fixture. (Viewed 11 April 2018. AAA02160).



1881 - design brochure

Westland Safety Lamp Co. (1881). Distributor brochure featuring products by Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Meriden Malleable Iron Co., Meriden Flint Glass Co., and E. Miller & Co. Providence, RI, 9 pp. (Viewed 10 March 2016. A00010; A00717.)

1881 - illustrations of buildings

Porter, Wils (lithographer). (1881). Illustrations of Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. / N. L. Bradley residence. In Meriden, Conn. 1881 / From Summit Heights. [print (lithograph)]. B. S. Farrow (Publisher). (Object no. 1973.0498.004. (Viewed 3 June 2017. A02584-85.)

1881 - spotlighted news mention - in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(20 September 1881). The State Fair [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co.]. Meriden Daily Republican, pp. 1-2. (Viewed 29 September 2018. (B00573-79).

" ... Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. [exhibited] a beautiful and artistic exhibition of their fine real bronze works, comprising lamps, statuary, card tables, placques, clocks, gas fixtures and countless other articles of beauty and value, all shown in a large black walnut glass front case on a dark cloth background. Among the most valuable of their exhibits is a real bronze statuette of Mercury and another Venus de Milo... " (Excerpt from above.)



1881 other articles

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1881 - news mention

(19 January 1881). G. Fox’s new store: A business which has grown to great importance [with mention: "... The building, which is four stories high, has a depth of 142 feet and a street frontage of about 40 feet... the gas fixtures and chandeliers by Bradley & Hubbard of Meriden... ".] Hartford Daily Courant, p. 2. (Viewed 26 December 2018. D00322).

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1881 - news mention

(14 February 1881). Water in floods; a disastrous storm [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard]. Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 2, col. 2-3. (Viewed 3 October 2018. B00693-98).

1881 - news mention

(14 February 1881). The floods in Connecticut [with "At Meriden" section and mention of Bradley & Hubbard]. Hartford Courant, p. 4. (Viewed 21 October 2018. D00398).

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1881 - news mention - in Australian World’s Fair, Melbourne

(30 April 1881). Connecticut Awards in the Australian World’s Fair [with mention: "... Connecticut awards are given by the New York Herald as follows... Other Awards... Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing company, West Meriden, clocks... "] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 2, col. 2. (Viewed 3 October 2018. B00701-02).

1881 - news mention - Bradley & Hubbard at Meriden Town Hall, CT State Fair

(23 September 1881). The state fair [including mention of Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co.]. Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 2, col. 4. (Viewed 29 September 2018. B00568-69).

"The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. have an immense upright case of bronzes and clocks and ornaments." (Excerpt from above.)


1881 - news mention - in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(23 September 1881). The State Fair [with mention: "... Diplomas were awarded to the following named for articles manufactured or displayed by them ... Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co., lamps, chandeliers, ornamental statuary and hardware ..."]. Meriden Daily Republican, pp. 1-2. (Viewed 29 September 2018. B00570-72).

1881 - article mention - B & H in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(8 October 1881). Connecticut State Fair [in Meriden, with mention of Bradley & Hubbard]. Massachusetts Ploughman and New England Journal of Agriculture, p. 1. (Viewed 8 November 2020. C00815).

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"... The exhibition in town hall was exceedingly interesting, especially to a stranger in the place, as it was made mainly of the goods which Meriden has fame for manufacturing... a really magnificent display of clocks and bronze ornaments by the Bradley & Hubbard manufacturing company..." (Excerpt from above.)




1881 advertisements

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1881 - advertisement and listing

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1881). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Gas and Kerosene Fixtures, Bronze Lamps, Silver Plated Call Bells, Spring Tape Measures, Sewing Birds, Etc., Etc. Clocks, Bronzes, and Ornamental Bronze Goods... Meriden... New York... Boston", (p. 203). [Also, listed in "Stock companies" section (p. 186) and see possible listings in business directory.] In Meriden directory for 1881; containing a general directory of its citizens, business directory, street directory. Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 12 October 2020. F01486; F01508; F01511).

1881 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1 December 1881). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps, Bronzes and Ornaments... Clocks... Call Bells... Salesrooms in New York, 21 Barclay Street, Boston, 147 Franklin... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 9 August 2019. H01153).



1881 patents

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1881 - patent - design for a lamp fount

F. Robert Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (24 May 1881; filed 16 April 1881). Design no. 12,281: Design for a lamp fount. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02165).

1881 - patent - design for a lamp fount

F. Robert Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (24 May 1881; filed 16 April 1881). Design no. 12,282: Design for a lamp fount. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02166).

1881 - patent - extension lamp-fixture

Nathaniel L. Bradley, F. Robert Seidensticker, and Augustus H. Jones, assignors to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (24 May 1881; filed 23 February 1881). Letters patent no. 241,917: Extension lamp-fixture. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02167).

1881 - patent - design for a lamp bracket

F. Robert Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (7 June 1881; filed 30 April 1881). Design no. 12,301: Design for a lamp bracket. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02168).

1881 - patent - design for a lamp bracket

F. Robert Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (7 June 1881; filed 30 April 1881). Design no. 12,302: Design for a lamp bracket. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02169).

1881 - patent - shade-holder

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (6 July 1881; filed 30 April 1881). Letters patent no. 242,592: Shade-holder. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02170).

1881 - patent - lamp

Augustus H. Jones, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (30 August 1881; filed 12 May 1881). Letters patent no. 246,316: Lamp. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02171).

1881 - patent - call-bell

John W. Butler, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (27 September 1881; filed 13 August 1881). Letters patent no. 247,610: Call-bell. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02172).

1881 - patent - shade-ring for extension-lamps

Augustus H. Jones, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (22 November 1881; filed 12 September 1881). Letters patent no. 249,946: Shade-ring for extension-lamps. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02173).

1881 - patent - chandelier hook

Charles Maschmeyer, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (27 December 1881; filed 28 November 1881). Letters patent no. 251,613: Chandelier hook. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02174).



1882 articles

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1882 - news mention

(28 November 1882). The Calvary Baptist Church [presumably New Haven, CT, with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 3, col. 7. (Viewed 3 October 2018. B00709-10).

"... The fixtures were furnished by Bradley & Hubbard, of Meriden. They are of polished brass, consisting of six corner lights suspended from the pendants of the ceiling. On either side of the pulpit is a standard of four lights... " (Excerpt from above.)


1882 - news mention

(20 December 1882). State news [including mention: "... Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing company [pays taxes on] $235,000... " Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 4, col. 3. (Viewed 29 September 2018. B00584).



1882 advertisements

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1882 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (2 March 1882). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps, Bronzes and Ornaments... Clocks... Call Bells... Salesrooms in New York, 21 Barclay Stre[et], Boston, 27 Summer... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 9 August 2019. H01156).

1882 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (22 September 1882). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps, Bronzes and Ornaments... Clocks... Call Bells... Salesrooms in New York, 21 Bar[c]lay Street... Boston, 27 Summer Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 3 November 2020. F01774).

1882 - text-based advertisement

Fairchild’s, Ravenna, OH. (2 November 1882). Advertisement: "Lamps... 114 Hanging Lamps, direct from the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company, different patterns, all modern..." [with no illustrations]. The Democratic Press (Ravenna, Ohio), unknown page number, col. 3. (Viewed 19 June 2019. D00878-79).

1882 - text-based advertisement

Fairchild’s, Ravenna, OH. (9 November 1882). Advertisement: "Beautiful Light!! You can light your rooms best with the celebrated Bradley & Hubbard Extension Lamp... " [with no illustrations]. The Democratic Press (Ravenna, Ohio), unknown page number, col. 3. (Viewed 19 June 2019. D00880).

1882 - two advertisements

Fairchild’s, Ravenna, OH. (9 & 23 November 1882). Advertisements: "... Bradley & Hubbard Extension Hanging Lamps! ... " [with no illustrations]. The Democratic Press (Ravenna, Ohio). (Viewed 19 June 2019. D00880-82).



1882 patents

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1882 - patent - extension lamp-fixture

Augustus H. Jones, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (21 February 1882; filed 19 December 1881). Letters patent no. 254,022: Extension lamp-fixture. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02175).

1882 - patent - lamp-chandelier

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (18 April 1882; filed 16 January 1882). Letters patent no. 256,660: Lamp-chandelier. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02176).

1882 - patent - lamp-fount

Jacob J. Nichols, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (25 April 1882; filed 11 March 1882). Letters patent no. 257,055: Lamp-fount. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02177).

1882 - patent - extension lamp-fixture

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (16 May 1882; filed 19 December 1881). Letters patent no. 258,038: Extension lamp-fixture. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02178).

1882 - patent - design for a hanging lamp

F. Robert Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (16 May 1882; filed 25 March 1882). Design no. 12,930: Design for a hanging lamp. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02179).

1882 - patent - extension lamp-fixture

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (22 August 1882; filed 20 July 1882). Letters patent no. 263,155: Extension lamp-fixture. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02179).

1882 - patent - hanging lamp

Charles A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (19 September 1882; filed 31 July 1882). Letters patent no. 264,677: Hanging lamp. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02180).

1882 - patent - lamp-fount

Nathaniel L. Bradley and Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (7 November 1882; filed 23 September 1882). Letters patent no. 267,141: Lamp-fount. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02181).

1882 - patent - alarm-clock movement

Waldo L. Upson, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (14 November 1882; filed 19 December 1881). Letters patent no. 267,619: Alarm-clock movement. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02182).



1883 - directory listing

(12 September 1883). Comprehensive directory of the City of Meriden, Conn. [Listing: "Corporations. Manufacturing... The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of gas and kerosene fixtures, bronzes, etc.; capital, $300,000."] Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 8. (Viewed 24 October 2020. F01608).


1883 articles

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1883 - news mention

(19 February 1883). Trinity M. E. Church [, New Haven, CT with mention: "... Bradley & Hubbard of Meriden furnished the gas fixtures... "] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 2, col. 4. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00807-08).

1883 - news mention

(25 July 1883). A trip around the world [with mention of Walter Hubbard, president of the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co.] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 4, col. 2. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00809).

1883 - news mention

(8 November 1883). An architectural model; Description of Mr. Justus S. Hotchkiss new residence on Church Street [with mention: "The gas fixtures were furnished by the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing company, Meriden."] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 2, col. 2. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00810-11).



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1883 - advertisement

(1883). Advertisement: Bradley & Hubbard gas chandeliers, etc, (document pg. 93). In (1883), Model homes. Showing a variety of designs for model dwellings. New York: Palliser, Palliser & Co., Architects. (Viewed 29 April 2017. A02320-21.)

1883 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (15 February 1883). Advertisement: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, [B]ronze and Decorated Table Lamps, Bronzes and Ornaments..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, column 2. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00259).

1883 - two advertisements

Fairchild’s, presumably Ravenna, OH. (7, 14 June 1883). Advertisements: "Bradley & Hubbard’s Extension Lamp, complete, with 14 inch Porcelain Shade... " [with no illustration]. The Democratic Press (Ravenna, Ohio). (Viewed 26 June 2019. E00873-75).

1883 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (12 September 1883). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps, Bronzes and Ornaments... Meriden... New York... Boston..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 4 November 2020. F01642).

1883 - three advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (18, 19 & 21 September 1883). Advertisements: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps, Bronzes and Ornaments... Meriden... New York... Boston..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01810; F01819; F01824).

1883 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (13 November 1883). Advertisement: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps, Bronzes and Ornaments..." Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, column 8. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00264).

1883 - advertisement

Merriam Bros., Oswego, NY. (11 December 1883). Advertisement: "... Bradley & Hubbard... " [with no illustrations]. Oswego Times and Express (Oswego, New York), p. 5, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 7 May 2020. H01427).



1883 patents

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1883 - patent - design for a sconce-frame

Albert Patitz. (28 August 1883; filed 16 July 1883). Design no. 14,244: Design for a sconce-frame. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01190).

1883 - patent - hanging lamp

Charles A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (11 September 1883; filed 23 June 1883). Letters patent no. 284,955: Hanging lamp. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01189).

1883 - patent - design for a sconce-frame

Albert Patitz. (11 September 1883; filed 16 July 1883). Design no. 14,272: Design for a sconce-frame. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01191).

1883 - patent - chain-pulley

Andrew B. Hendryx, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (18 September 1883; filed 30 June 1883). Letters patent no. 285,263: Chain pulley. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01192).

1883 - patent - friction-brake for elevating devices

John A. Evarts. (23 October 1883; filed 19 September 1883). Letters patent no. 287,262: Friction-brake for elevating devices. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01193).



c. 1883 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1883). Illustrated wholesale price list, call bells, clocks, [etc., etc.]. (Viewed 19 May 2017. A00146.)

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1883-84 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1883-84). Illustrated catalogue of kerosene fixtures, bronze stand lamps, clocks, call bells etc.. 231 pp. (Updated 17 April 2017. A00053; A01787-89.)

1884 - map

(1884). Meriden, Connecticut map. (p. 7 showing Hanover street and Bradley & Hubbard). Sanborn Map & Publishing Co. 14 leaves. (Viewed 21 November 2016. A01026; AAA00008.)


1884 articles

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1884 - news mention

(9 September 1884). The court record [with mention: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. v. The Charles Parker Co."] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 4, col. 3. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00816).

1884 - news mention

(24 November 1884). Meriden’s election [with mention of Nathaniel L. Bradley of the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 2, col. 1. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00817).



1884 advertisements

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1884 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (2 February 1884). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps, Bronzes and Ornaments... Meriden... New York... Boston..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 4 November 2020. F01611).

1884 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (2 April 1884). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps; Bronzes and Ornaments... Clocks... Call Bells... Salesroom in New York, 21 Barkley Street. Salesrooms in Boston, 27 Summer Street" [with no illustrations] Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 10 August 2019. H01177).

1884 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (5 December 1884). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps; Bronzes and Ornaments... Clocks... Call Bells... Salesroom in New York, 21 Barkley Street. Salesrooms in Boston, 27 Summer Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. (Viewed 20 July 2019. C01085).



1884 - patent - design for a sconce frame

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (5 February 1884; filed 16 July 1883). Design no. 14,619: Design for a sconce frame. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01179).

1885 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1885). Illustrated catalogue, no. 29, of bronze metal parlor lamps with detachable seamless metal founts. Number of pages unknown. Updated 29 April 2017. [A00055]

1885 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1885). Illustrations of polished brass library and hall lamps. Rich gold metal [catalogue no. 30]. 68 pp. (Updated 11 May 2017. AAA00016.)

1885 - spotlighted article mention

(16 September 1885). The bicycle races [at the State Fair]!; $200 in handsome prizes; a grand display of premiums— the manufacturers donate them [with mention of Alderman N. L. Bradley of the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.]. Meriden Daily Republican (Supplement), p. 6, cols. 3-4. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01610).

"... Alderman N. L. Bradley, of the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., well sustained his reputation for helping out anything that concerns Meriden, directly or indirectly. His donations were generous. He contributed an elegant French eight-day mantel clock, with a splendid movement, and whoever takes it will have a substantial and lasting gift. Mr. Bradley, in addition, gave a handsome pair of polished brass candelabras, ornamented with plate mirrors, and prisms, the designs being rich and rare..." [It seems unclear at this juncture if the donated prizes were manufactured by B & H.]"


1885 - news mention

(October 1885). Trade gossip (including paragraph about Bradley & Hubbard and their current line). The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, p. 297. (Viewed 8 September 2018. L00721-22).


1885 advertisements

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1885 - advertisement

Kingsley & Patten’s, Mexico, New York. (4 February 1885). Advertisement: "... Bradley & Hubbard hanging lamps... " [with no illustration]. Mexico Independent (Mexico, New York), unknown page, col. 7. (Viewed 20 October 2018. B01169).

1885 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (8 April 1885). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps; Bronzes and Ornaments... Clocks... Call Bells... Salesroom in New York, 21 Barkley Street. Salesrooms in Boston, 27 Summer Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 12 August 2019. L01005).

1885 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (14 May 1885). Advertisement: "... Gas and Oil Fixtures, Lamps, Clocks, Bronzes and Ornaments. Salesrooms: 21 and 23 Barclay St., N. Y. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustration]. The Independent, p. 22. (Viewed 31 May 2019. C00925).

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1885 - two advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (15 & 16 September 1885). Advertisements: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps, Bronzes and Ornaments... Meriden... New York... Boston..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican. (Viewed 4 November 2020. F01759-60).

1885 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (5 December 1885). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps; Bronzes and Ornaments... Clocks... Call Bells... Salesroom in New York, 21 Barkley Street. Salesrooms in Boston, 27 Summer Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 24 July 2019. C01121).



1885 patents

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1885 - patent - extension-lamp

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (10 February 1885; filed 1 September 1884). Letters patent no. 312,194: Extension-lamp. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01267).

1885 - patent - suspension-pulley

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (2 June 1885; filed 30 March 1885). Letters patent no. 319,214: Suspension-pulley. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01268).

1885 - patent - extension lamp-fixture

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (18 August 1885; filed 13 July 1885). Letters patent no. 324,760; filed 13 July 1885: Extension lamp-fixture. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01266).

1885 - patent - suspension device for lamps

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (25 August 1885; filed 13 July 1885). Letters patent no. 325,203: Suspension device for lamps. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01265).

1885 - patent - lamp-hanger

Dennis McMahon, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (1 December 1885; filed 17 August 1885). Letters patent no. 331,521; serial no. 174,579: Lamp-hanger. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01264).



c. 1885 - design brochure

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1885). The B&H piano lamps have the simplest and most perfect extension ever made. 4 pp. (Updated 29 April 2017. A00054.)


1886 advertisements

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1886 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1886). Advertisement: " ... Manufacturers of all kinds of oil fixtures and lamps. Gas fixtures... Lighting of churches and public buildings a specialty... Bronze ornaments... Art metal work... " [with no illustrations], (p. 291). [Also, listed in "Stock Companies" section, (p. 269), and possible listings in business directory.] In Meriden directory for 1886; containing a general directory of its citizens, business directory, street directory, a map.... Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 10 October 2020. F01485; F01493-94).

1886 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (7 January 1886). Advertisement: "... Gas and Kerosene Fixtures, Lamps, Bronzes, Ornaments, Call Bells, Clocks, Andirons, Fenders, Fire Sets, etc. No. 21 & 23 Barclay St. [New York]; Factories, Meriden, Conn." [with no illustration]. The Independent, p. 15. (Viewed 31 May 2019. C00926).

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1886 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (4 February 1886). Advertisement: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps, Bronzes and Ornaments..." Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, column 1. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00227).

1886 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (8 December 1886). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps; Bronzes and Ornaments... Clocks... Call Bells... Salesroom in New York, 21 Barclay Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 10 August 2019. H01182).



1886 patents

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1886 - patent - extension lamp-fixture

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (9 February 1886; filed 5 October 1885). Letters patent no. 335,997; serial no. 178,968: Extension lamp-fixture. (16 March 2018. AAA01180).

1886 - patent - hanging lamp

Antony P. Buxton, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (9 February 1886; filed 20 April 1885). Letters patent no. 336,035; serial no. 162,745: Hanging lamp. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01181).

1886 - patent - design for an andiron

F. Robert Seidensticker. (24 August 1886). Design no. 16,872; serial no. 208,500: Design for an andiron. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01182).

1886 - patent - design for an andiron

F. Robert Seidensticker. (24 August 1886; filed 19 July 1886). Design no. 16,873; serial no. 209,499: Design for an andiron. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01183).

1886 - patent - design for an andiron

Frederick R. Seidensticker. (21 September 1886; filed 19 July 1886). Design no. 16,908; serial no. 208,498: Design for an andiron. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01184).

1886 - patent - design for a fender

Frederick R. Seidensticker. (21 September 1886; filed 26 July 1886). Design no. 16,909; serial no. 209,479?: Design for a fender. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01185).

1886 - patent - design for a fender

Frederick R. Seidensticker. (21 September 1886; filed 26 July 1886). Design no. 16,910; serial no. 209,180: Design for a fender. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01186).



1887 advertisements

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1887 - advertisement and directory listings

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1887). Advertisement: "... Oil fixtures & Lamps; Gas Fixtures... Lighting of churches and public buildings a specialty; fire-place furniture... Bronze Ornaments... Ornamental Brass Goods... Clocks... " [with no illustration]. In Meriden directory for 1887, (p. 314). [Also, directory listings on pp. 213 (Art Bronze Goods Mfrs.), 215 (Bell Mfrs.), 218 (Brass Goods Mfrs.; Bronze Goods Mfrs.), 219 (Bronze Lamp Mfrs.; Call Bell Mfrs.), 221 (Chandelier Mfrs.), 222 (Clock Manufacturers), 231 (Gas Fixtures Mfrs.), 236 (Iron Founders; Kerosene Fixture Mfrs.), 251 (Spring Tape Mfrs.); 277 (stock company listing).] Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 21 May 2020. H01590; H01592, H01595; H01607; H01620-22; H01625; H01627; H01630-31).

1887 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (6 April 1887). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps; Bronzes and Ornaments... Clocks... Call Bells... Salesroom in New York, 21 Barkley Street" [with no illustrations] Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 10 August 2019. H01181).

1887 - two advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (3 & 17 December 1887). Advertisements: "... Ornaments for Stoves... Manufacturer in Bronze Figures, Bronze Cast Urns, Spun Urns, etc. ... Salesrooms: Meriden. At Factories, Hanover Street; New York. 21 and 23 Barclay Street, near Broadway; Boston. 184 Franklin Street." [with illustration of horse figurine on stand]. The American Artisan. (Viewed 5 June 2019. E00703-04).

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1887 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (5 December 1887). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps; Bronzes and Ornaments... Clocks... Call Bells... Salesroom in New York, 21 Barclay Street" [with no illustrations] Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 23 July 2019. C01116).



1887 patents

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1887 - patent - andiron

F. Robert Seidensticker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (4 January 1887; filed 19 July 1886). Letters patent no. 355,563; serial no. 208,353: Andiron. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02183).

1887 - patent - call-bell

William B. Comstock and Anthony P. Buxton, assignors to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (21 June 1887; filed 13 December 1886). Letters patent no. 365,241; serial no. 221,394: Call-bell. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02189).

1887 - patent - suspension device

John A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (21 June 1887; filed 4 November 1886). Letters patent no. 365,335; serial no. 217,933: Suspension device. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02185).

1887 - patent - suspension device

Charles A. Evarts and Emil Fisher, assignors to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (6 September 1887; filed 4 November 1886). Letters patent no. 369,509; serial no. 217,975: Suspension device. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02186).

1887 - patent - shade ring, etc.

Charles A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (25 October 1887; filed 20 May 1887). Letters patent no. 372,211; serail no. 238,917: Shade ring, etc. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02184).

1887 - patent - design for a harp for hanging lamps

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (8 November 1887; filed 26 September 1887). Design no. 17,876; serial no. 250,788: Design for a harp for hanging lamps. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02187).

1887 - patent - design for a harp for hanging lamps

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (15 November 1887; filed 17 October 1887). Design no. 17,881; serial no. 232,647: Design for a harp for hanging lamps. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02188).

1887 - patent - hanging lamp

Emil Fisher, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (15 November 1887; filed 12 July 1886). Letters patents no. 373,280; serial no. 207,730: Hanging lamp. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02190).

1887 - patent - standard lamp

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (15 November 1887; filed 16 May 1887). Letters patent no. 373,376; serial 238,301: Standard lamp. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02191).

1887 - patent - design for a hanging-lamp fixture

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (6 December 1887; filed 26 September 1887). Design no. 17,927; serial no. 250,787: Design for a hanging-lamp fixture. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02192).



188? - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (188?). Bronze inkstands, call bells, tape measures, etc., etc. [catalogue no. 6090]. 80 pp. (Viewed 16 June 2016. A00052; A00857; AAA00017.) [2]

1888 - design catalogue reprint

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1888). Illustration and prices of decorated and bronzed metal table lamps [catalogue no. 46]. [c. 1995 reprint; Historical Lighting Society, Toronto, ON], 36 pages. (Updated 29 April 2017. A00808-12.)


1888 articles

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1888 - news mention

(20 March 1888). Local news [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.]. The Chronicle (Mount Vernon, New York), presumably p. 3, col. 2. (Viewed 14 October 2018. B01063).

"Mr. Geo. T. Lovell, agent for the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg Co., of Meriden, Conn., has secured the contract for the gas chandeliers and fixtures for the new Baptist Church. Six chandeliers, 24 lights each, of elaborate design, will illuminate and beautify the main audience room.... " (Excerpt from above.)


1888 - news mention

(14 April 1888). The court record [with mention "The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing company vs. the Charles Parker company..."] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 4, col. 3. (Viewed 10 October 2018. B00887).

1888 - news mention

(May 1888). Trade gossip (with paragraph about Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. have published a small book). The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, p. 94. (Viewed 6 September 2018. C00254).

B & H "have issued a small book containing representative illustrations of their line of bronzes, art metal goods, clocks, ornaments, gas fixtures, lamps, etc." (Excerpt from above.)


1888 - news mention

(25 July 1888). The court record [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. vs. Charles Parker Co.] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 4, col. 2. (Viewed 7 October 2018. A02754).

1888 - news mention

(4 August 1888). Building improvements; Completion of an immense kiln dry for the Winchester Arms Company... [with mention "... gas fixtures from Bradley & Hubbard Co. of Meriden."] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 2, col. 2. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00812-13).

1888 - news mention

(11 September 1888). The court record [with mention of The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. v. Edward Miller & Co.] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 4, col. 3. (Viewed 7 October 2018. A02753).

1888 - news mention

(16 November 1888). New England news [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard enlarging their factory in Meriden]. Essex County Herald (Guildhall, Vermont), p. 1, col. 3. (Viewed 6 October 2018. A02751).



1888 advertisements

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1888 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (4 January 1888). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps; Bronzes and Ornaments... Clocks... Call Bells... Salesroom in New York, 21 Barclay Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 12 August 2019. L01010).

1888 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (22 February 1888). Advertisement: "Gas Fixtures, Lamps, Etc.; Bradley & Hubbard M’f’g Co., 21 Barclay... Street, New York. Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Lamps, etc. Andirons, Fenders, Fire Sets, etc. Clocks, Bronzes, Art Metal Goods, etc." [with no illustrations]. Puck, p. A62. (Viewed 4 June 2019. E00705).

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1888 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (10 July 1888). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures, Oil Fixtures, Bronze and Decorated Table Lamps; Bronzes and Ornaments... Clocks... Call Bells... Salesroom in New York, 21 Barclay Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 13 August 2019. L01019).

1888 - two advertisements

Wm. Lawton, Wilmington, DE. (20 December 1888). Advertisements: "... Lamps. An elegant line. The new B. & H. ..." [with no illustrations]. Evening Journal (Wilmington, Delaware). (Viewed 1 June 2019. C00927-31).



1888 patents

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1888 - patent - design for a lamp-burner

Charles A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (27 March 1888; filed 27 February 1888). Design no. 18,202; serial no. 265,523: Design for a lamp-burner. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02193).

1888 - patent - design for a lamp-fount

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (17 April 1888; filed 27 February 1888). Design no. 18,262; serial no. 265,524: Design for a lamp-fount. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02194).

1888 - patent - lamp-standard

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (3 July 1888; filed 17 October 1887). Letters patent no. 385,569; serial no. 252,533: Lamp-standard. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02195).

1888 - patent - lamp-wick adjuster

Charles A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (31 July 1888; filed 20 February 1888). Letters patent no. 387,156; serial no. 264,600: Lamp-wick adjuster. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02196).

1888 - patent - central-draft lamp

Charles A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (11 September 1888; filed 16 February 1888). Letters patent no. 389,371; serial no. 264,257: Central-draft lamp. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02197).

1888 - patent - shade-ring for hanging lamps

Emil Fisher, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (11 September 1888; filed 27 February 1888). Letters patent no. 389,375; serial no. 265,420: Shade-ring for hanging lamps. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02198).

1888 - patent - wick-adjuster

Charles A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (6 November 1888; filed 21 May 1888). Letters patent no. 392,547; serial no. 274,468: Wick-adjuster. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02199).



1888? - design catalogue

Young Ewen & Co. (1888?). [catalogue]. 42 pp. [“features Bradley & Hubbard’s celebrated patent automatic spring extension lamps”]. (Updated 29 April 2017. A01475.)

1889 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1889). Illustrations and prices of polished brass and polished bronze library lamps, hall lamps and pendants, with the celebrated B. & H. burner, the best in the world [catalogue. no. 56]. 61 pp. [Missing pages: pp. 29-30, 35-36.] (Updated 17 April 2017. A00170; A01783-86; AAA00592. DM.)

1889 - missing booklet accompanying exposition - B&H at Meriden opera house

(1889). Meriden Journal Souvenir [leather-bound booklet containing a list of the manufactories contributing to the exhibition at the Delavan Opera House, Meriden, 10 October 1889, and other companies in Meriden], 4 pp. (Viewed 13 September 2018. L00763; L00765-68).

1889 - spotlighted article mention

(29 June 1889). Meriden’s industries, their prosperous condition to-day... This in Meriden’s brief history; Introduction [with section on Bradley & Hubbard M’f’g. Co.]. Meriden Daily Republican, pp. 1 & 4. (Viewed 21 October 2020. F01597; F01618).

"Bradley & Hubbard M’f’g. Co. The Elegant New Show Room Recently Furnished... There are about 850 employes... The celebrated B. & H. lamp is a leading and staple article of manufacture... Gas and electric light fixtures, chandeliers, a very large variety of elegant designs... Their art metal goods comprise a large line of side tables, easels, bronzes, etc. ... The office proper is enlarged somewhat, and the new frescoing gives a very pleasing appearance... The display is as fine as, if not finer than, any showroom in New York city... " (Excerpt from above.)



1889 - spotlighted news mention - Bradley & Hubbard in Meriden opera house exhibition

(10 October 1889). Americans in Meriden: Visit of the International American Congress [including section on Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. exhibited wares, and account of Congress touring the B&H factory]. Meriden Daily Republican, pp. 1-2. (Viewed 9 September 2018. L00751-59).

Bradley & Hubbard exhibited "the B & H lamp made in piano, banquet, library and stand sizes, of brass and cast metals", "statuary, pitchers, and vases of bronze, call bells, candelabras, bric-a-brac tables and ’five o’clock teas’, many of them having onyx, bronze and gold trimmings." (Excerpt from above.)



1889 - additional articles

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1889 - news brief mention

(18 January 1889). Two new lamps; The Malleable Iron and Bronze companies to make them [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1, col. 6. (Viewed 17 July 2021. F01737).

"The Meriden Malleable Iron company have gotten up a lamp, which, it is said, is the greatest thing yet invented in that line. It was made with special reference to entering the field now occupied by the famed Rochester lamp of E. Miller & Co. and the ’B. & H.’ lamp, made by Bradley & Hubbard...

It is also given out that the wide-awake Meriden Bronze company have a new lamp that is a marvel and its manufacture is to be pushed... Meriden will soon have a reputation for lamps as great as it has for silver ware." (Excerpt from above.)


1889 - news mention - in Meriden opera house exposition

(10 October 1889). Our guests: Honored visitors here to-day [including mention of Bradley & Hubbard factory visit and section on the exhibited company wares.]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1. (Viewed 15 September 2018. L00769-83).

"... Their goods were on one of the center tables, suspended over which were a dozen or so of handsome library lamps. In the exhibit were also to be seen stately piano lamps, banquet and table lamps of all designs. French clocks, with their elegant brass and bronze ornaments, were also seen as well as a display of brass tables with onyx tops, onyx and gold pedestals and a beautiful ’5 o’clock tea’... All the lamps were fitted with the celebrated ’B. & H.’ burner." (Excerpt from above.)


1889 - news mention, in Meriden opera house exhibition

(11 October 1889). Compliments for Meriden: What outsiders say about her enterprise [excerpts from Hartford Courant, New Haven Register, New York Herald, and New York Tribune, with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.] Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1. (Viewed 9 September 2018. L00747-50).

1889 - news mention - in Meriden opera house exposition

(11 October 1889). The Southern visitors, their visit in Meriden and New Haven yesterday [includes mention of factory visit to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., and the exposition at the Delavan Opera House]. Hartford Courant, p. 1. (Viewed 11 September 2018. L00763).

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"Mssrs. Bradley & Hubbard transact a large business with South American countries, the total reaching a very considerable sum in the course of a year. In the Argentine Republic they have dealings with important firms at Buenos Ayres [sic] and Rosaria [sic]; in Chile [sic] at Serena, Santiago, Valpariso and Tacua [sic?]; in Uraguay [sic] at Montevidio [sic]; in Brazil at Rio de Janeiro; in Peru at Lima and in Central America at Guatemala." (Excerpt from above.)


1889 - news mention - in Meriden opera house exposition

(11 October 1889). South Americans at Yale: The International Congress sightseeing; viewing the beehives of industry in Connecticut and making a short call on President Dwight [includes mention of factory visits to Meriden Britannia Company and Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., and the exposition at the Delevan Opera House]. New York Tribune, p. 7. (Viewed 11 September 2018. L00762).

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1889 - news mention - Meriden opera house exhibition

(11 October 1889). The show photographed: Fine pictures of the Opera House exhibit made. ["The best of them will be forwarded to Frank Leslie’s paper— what the state and New York press has to say about Meriden", with excerpts from Hartford Courant, Hartford Times, New Haven Register, New York Herald, New York Tribune, Waterbury Republican, with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1. (Viewed 14 September 2018. L00785-89).

1889 - news mention

(17 October 1889). New England news [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.] News and Citizen (Morrisville, Vermont), presumably p. 3, col. 4. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00863).

"The factories of the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co., of Meriden, Conn. cover several acres of ground and give employment to about 1000 operatives. The manufacture of lamps, gas, fixtures, etc., by this company has grown to large proportions in the past three years. As the company ship many of their products to South America, the recent visit of the delegates was of especial interest." (Excerpt from above.)


1889 - news mention, in Meriden opera house exhibition

(November 1889). Trade gossip (including paragraph about exposition at the Delavan Opera House, Meriden, including mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., and attendance by the American International Congress). The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, p. 113. (Viewed 9 September 2018. L00760-61.)



1889 advertisements

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1889 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (10 April 1889). Advertisement: "... Gas fixtures and lamps, Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks, The B. & H. LAMPS. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay street; Boston, 184 Franklin street; Chicago, 88 Wabash avenue; Meriden, Hanover street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 13 August 2019. L01026).

1889 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (29 June 1889). Advertisement: "... Gas fixtures and lamps. Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks, The B. & H. LAMPS. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay street; Boston, 184 Franklin street; Chicago, 88 Wabash avenue; Meriden, Hanover street..." [with no illustration]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 21 October 2020. F01657).

1889 - two advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (10-11 October 1889). Advertisement: "... Gas fixtures and lamps, Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks, The B. & H. LAMPS. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay street; Boston, 184 Franklin street; Chicago, 88 Wabash avenue; Meriden, Hanover street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Journal. (Viewed 13 September 2018. L00784; L00790).

1889 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (6 December 1889). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures and Lamps. Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks. The B. & H. Lamps. [S]alesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay Street. Boston, 184 Franklin Street. Chicago, 88 Wabash Avenue. Meriden, Hanover Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 7. (Viewed 25 July 2019. C01127).

1889 - advertisement

Geo. Ryneal, Jr., Washington, DC. (22 December 1889). Advertisement: "... Bradley & Hubbard... " [with no illustrations]. Washington Post, p. 3. (Viewed 6 June 2019. E00706).

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1889 patents

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1889 - patent - wick-raiser for central-draft lamps

Charles A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (28 May 1889; filed 26 November 1888). Letters patent no. 404,186; serial no. 291,862: Wick-raiser for central-draft lamps. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01269).

1889 - patent - air-distributer for argand lamps

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (20 August 1889; filed 8 April 1889). Letter patents no. 409,466; serial no. 306,336: Air-distributer for argand lamps. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01270).

1889 - patent - central-draft lamp

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (15 October 1889; filed 22 April 1889). Letters patent no. 412,958; serial no. 308,135: Central-draft lamp. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01271).



c. 1889-92 - missing design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1889-92). Cigar lighters [catalogue #59]. Number of pages unknown. No surviving copy known to exist. (This catalogue is listed in 1892-93 B&H catalogue #75, see below.) (Viewed 18 May 2016. A00672.)

c. 1889-92 - missing design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1889-92). Inkstands [catalogue #64]. Number of pages unknown. No surviving copy known to exist. (This catalogue is listed in 1892-93 B&H catalogue #75, see below.) (Viewed 18 May 2016. A00672.)


1890s

1890 advertisements

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1890 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (9 April 1890). Advertisement: "... Gas fixtures and lamps, Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks, The B. & H. LAMPS. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay street; Boston, 184 Franklin street; Chicago, 88 Wabash avenue; Meriden, Hanover street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 14 August 2019. L01033).

1890 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (10 July 1890). Advertisement: "... Gas fixtures and lamps, Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks, The B. & H. LAMPS. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay street; Boston, 184 Franklin street; Chicago, 88 Wabash avenue; Meriden, Hanover street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01634).

1890 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (15 August 1890). Advertisement: "... Gas fixtures and lamps, Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks, The B. & H. LAMPS. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay street; Boston, 184 Franklin street; Chicago, 88 Wabash avenue; Meriden, Hanover street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01636).

1890 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard (8 December 1890). Advertisement: "... Gas Fixtures and Lamps. Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks. The B. & H. Lamps. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay Street. Boston, 184 Franklin Street. Chicago, 88 Wabash Avenue. Meriden, Hanover Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 13 August 2019. H01197).



1890 patents

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1890 - patent - hanging lamp

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (28 January 1890; filed 15 July 1889). Letters patent no. 420,211; serial no. 317,557: Hanging lamp. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02200).

1890 - patent - central-draft lamp

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (11 February 1890; filed 24 May 1889). Letters patent no. 421,171; serial no. 311,973: Central-draft lamp. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02201).

1890 - patent - lamp-shade holder

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (15 April 1890; filed 6 January 1890). Letters patent no. 425,800; serial no. 336,078: Lamp-shade holder. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02202).

1890 - patent - central-draft lamp

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (13 May 1890; filed 30 December 1889). Letters patent no. 427,870; serial no. 335,368: Central-draft lamp. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02203).

1890 - patent - central-draft lamp

Charles A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (17 June 1890; filed 30 December 1889). Letters patent no. 430,380; serial no. 335,352: Central-draft lamp. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02204).

1890 - patent - central-draft lamp

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (1 July 1890 Letters patent no. 431,359; serial no. 331,491: Central-draft lamp. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02205).

1890 - patent - central-draft lamp

Charles A. Evarts, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (15 July 1890; filed 30 December 1889). Letters patent no. 432,264; serial no. 335,351: Central-draft lamp. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02206).



1891 - historical information

Sweetser, Moses Forster. (1891). On the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. in Meriden, CT, and illustration, (pp 134-5). In King’s Hand-book of the United States planned and edited by M. King. [Text by M. F. Sweetser ... Illustrations, etc.] London; Buffalo [printed] Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. (Viewed 13 March 2016. A00090-92.)

1891 - spotlighted news mention - B&H installation

(5 March 1891). Cheviot’s new church [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard lighting in the new Robert E. Livingston Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church in Cheviot-on-the-Hudson]. The Columbian Republican (Hudson, New York), presumably p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 14 October 2018. B01061-62).

"... The chandelier, side lamps and those suspended to the vestry and in the hall are of polished brass manufactured by Bradley & Hubbard of Meriden, furnished with the B. and H. burners, which light the church brilliantly... " (Excerpt from above.)


1891 - spotlighted article - B&H at New Haven fair

(14 October 1891). The Conductors’ Fair [New Haven armory]. Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 3, cols. 7-8. (Viewed 22 April 2020. D01251-55).

"... The fair, or as some think it more properly called, the exposition, is said to be the largest affair of its kind ever gotten up in Connecticut. The exhibits are gorgeous and artistically arranged... The displays of... Bradley & Hubbard, brass fixtures and brass lamps of Meriden, are worthy of special mention... " (Excerpt from above.)



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1891 - article - B&H in New Haven, CT fair

(14 October 1891). The Conductors’ Fair ["More praise for Meriden’s Manufactory Displays... at New Haven armory... Bradley & Hubbard, brass fixtures and brass lamps, are worthy of special mention..."] Meriden Daily Journal, p. 5, col. 5. (Vewed 22 April 2020. D01263-64).

1891 - article - B&H at New Haven fair

(15 October 1891). The Conductors’ Fair. Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 2, col. 2. (Viewed 22 April 2020. D01256- ).



1891 advertisements

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1891 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (2 January 1891). Advertisement: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Gas Fixtures and Lamps. Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, column 1. (Viewed 8 September 2017. G00220).

1891 - advertisement

Hayden’s, presumably Oswego, NY. (16 March 1891). Advertisement: "Lamps! ... Bradley & Hubbard hanging lamps... " [with no illustrations]. The Daily Palladium (Oswego, New York), p. 5, col. 4. (Viewed 14 October 2018. B01058).

1891 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (2 September 1891). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of the Celebrated B & H Lamp... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay street; Boston, 184 Franklin Street; Chicago, 88 Wabash Avenue..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 15 August 2019. L01039).

1891 - listing

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (14 October 1891). Listing: "Lamp Manufacturers... Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. The celebrated ’B. & H.’ Lamps, superior to all others for brilliancy of light, superior workmanship, simplicity of construction and beauty of design..." Meriden Daily Journal, p. 3, col. 3. (Viewed 22 April 2020. D01260; D01262).

1891 - advertisement

Kramer & Sturm, presumably Danville, NY. (5 November 1891). Advertisement: "Lamps... The Bradley & Hubbard center draft burner is the best manufactured... " [with no illustrations]. The Dansville Express (Dansville, New York), presumably p. 2, col. 1. (Viewed 14 October 2018. B001057).

1891 - directory listing

(19 December 1891). Classified business directory: "... Lamp Manufacturers; Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. ... ". Meriden Daily Journal, p. 13, col. 2. (Viewed 22 November 2020. F01886).

1891 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (19 December 1891). Advertisement: "The Celebrated ’B & H’ lamp... Table, Banquet, Piano and Hanging Styles... A Complete Line of Art Metal Goods... " [with two abstract illustrations of lamps]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 14, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 22 November 2020. F01883).



1891 patents

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1891 - patent - lamp-shade holder

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (19 May 1891; filed 6 October 1890). Letters patent no. 452,573; serial no. 367,212: Lamp-shade holder. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02207).

1891 - patent - design for a lamp-fount holder

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (30 June 1891; filed 1 June 1891). Design no. 20,864; serial no. 394,760: Design for a lamp-fount holder. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02208).

1891 - patent - design for a lamp-fount holder

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (30 June 1891; filed 1 June 1891). Design no. 20,865; serial no. 394,761: Design for a lamp-fount holder. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02209).

1891 - patent - design for a lamp-fount holder

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (30 June 1891; filed 1 June 1891). Design no. 20,866; serial no. 394,762: Design for a lamp-fount holder. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02210).

1891 - patent - design for a lamp-fount holder

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (30 June 1891; filed 1 June 1891). Design no. 20,867; serial no. 394,763: Design for a lamp fount holder. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02211).



c. 1891-92 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1891-92). Illustrations and list prices of “The B&H lamps” for piano, banquet and table [catalogue #68]. 94 pp. [Illustrations cut out of page 4, 11 ,52 ,80 ,83.] (Updated 15 May 2017. A00056.)

c. 1891-93 - missing design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1891-92 - 1892-93). Call bells [catalogue #69]. Number of pages unknown. No surviving copy known to exist. (This catalogue is listed in 1892-93 B&H catalogue #75, see below.) (Viewed 18 May 2016. A00672.)

c. 1891-93 - missing design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1891-92 - 1892-93). Bronzed iron oil fixtures [catalogue #70]. Number of pages unknown. No surviving copy known to exist. (This catalogue is listed in 1892-93 B&H catalogue #75, see below.) (Viewed 18 May 2016. A00672.)

c. 1891-93 - missing design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1891-92 - 1892-93). Fenders, andirons, fire sets, etc. [catalogue #71]. Number of pages unknown. No surviving copy known to exist. (This catalogue is listed in 1892-93 B&H catalogue #75, see below.) (Viewed 18 May 2016. A00672.)

c. 1891-93 - missing design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1891-92 - 1892-93). Brass, oil chandeliers, brackets, etc. [catalogue #72]. Number of pages unknown. No surviving copy known to exist. (This catalogue is listed in 1892-93 B&H catalogue #75, see below.) (Viewed 18 May 2016. A00672.)

c. 1891-93 - missing design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1891-92 - 1892-93). Decorated table lamps [catalogue #73]. Number of pages unknown. No surviving copy known to exist. (This is catalogue listed in 1892-93 B&H catalogue #75, see below.) (Viewed 18 May 2016. A00672.)

c. 1891-93 - missing design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1891-92 - 1892-93). Brass library and hall lamps and pendants [catalogue #74]. Number of pages unknown. No surviving copy known to exist. (This catalogue is listed in 1892-93 B&H catalogue #75, see below.) (Viewed 18 May 2016. A00672.)


1892 articles

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June 1892 - news mention

(1 June 1892). Connecticut concerns that have applied for space at Chicago [World’s Fair]. [Mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.] The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, p. 12. (Viewed 28 August 2018. H00366-67).

1892 - news brief mention

(23 June 1892). Local briefs [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard]. Daily Citizen (Ottawa, Canada) p. 8, col. 5. (Viewed 16 December 2021. R00806).

"... A very large... consignment of fine brass goods including piano lamps, etc., were received by... C. S. Shaw & Co. ... the goods are imported from Meriden... Bradley & Hubbard... " (Excerpt from above.)


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July 1892 - news mention

(9 July 1892). Brooklyn [a district of Waterbury, CT] briefs; Banqueting and dancing [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard chandelier installed in new parlors of the Brooklyn Athletic Club]. Waterbury Evening Democrat (Connecticut), p. 1, col. 6. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00858).



1892 advertisements

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1892 - advertisement

Simpson, Crawford & Simpson, New York. (17 January 1892). Advertisement: "... Clearing sales before stock taking... Lamps and Lamp Shades... B. & H. [Bradley & Hubbard]... [with no illustrations]. The Sun (New York), p. 13, col. 7. (Viewed 15 April 2020. D01137-38).

1892 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (June 1892). Advertisement: "Buy the ’B & H’ Lamp... Send for our little book... " [with illustration of lamp]. The Ladies’ Home Journal, p. III. (Viewed 4 June 2019. E00707-08).

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1892 - two advertisements

Enterprise Tea Co., New Haven, CT. (11 & 13 June 1892). Advertisement: "... the best improved central draft burners ... Bradley & Hubbard... " [with no illustrations]. Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT). (Viewed 13 October 2018. B01035).

1892 - three advertisements

Hawaiian Hardware Co., Ltd., Honolulu. (November 1892). Text-based advertisements: "... the Bradley & Hubbard lamp has convinced the world that no other lamp shines as well... " [with no illustrations]. The Daily Bulletin (Honolulu). (Viewed 2 June 2020. H01937-41).

1892 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (30 November 1892). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of the Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamp... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay Street. Boston, 184 Franklin Street. Chicago, 88 Wabash Avenue... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 12 August 2019. L01001).

1892 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (14 December 1892). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of the Celebrated B & H Lamp... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay street; Boston, 184 Franklin Street; Chicago, 88 Wabash Avenue..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 16 August 2019. L01051).



1892 patents

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1892 - patent - wick-raiser for central-draft lamps

Waldo L. Upson, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (26 April 1892; filed 6 October 1890). Letters patent no. 473,681; serial no. 367,163: Wick-raiser for central-draft lamps. (Viewed 23 March 2018. AAA01471).

1892 - patent - central-draft lamp

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (26 April 1892; filed 6 October 1890). Letters patent no. 473,667; serial no. 367,211: Central-draft lamp. (Viewed 23 March 2018. AAA01472).

1892 - patent - wick-raiser for central-draft lamps

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (3 May 1892; filed 13 July 1891). Letters patent no. 474,171; serial no. 399,349). Wick-raiser for central-draft lamps. (Viewed 23 March 2018. AAA01473).

1892 - patent - lamp burner

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (26 July 1892; filed 23 November 1891). Letters patent no. 479,598; serial no. 412,771: Lamp burner. (Viewed 23 March 2018. AAA01474).

1892 - patent - wick raiser for central-draft lamps

Waldo L. Upson, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (30 August 1892; filed 23 November 1891). Letters patent no. 481,741; serial no. 412,784: Wick raiser for central-draft lamps. (Viewed 23 March 2018. AAA01475).



c. 1892 - missing booklet

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (c. 1892). ("little book[let]"). (Viewed 4 June 2019. E00707-08).

  • Offline - citation - Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (June 1892). Advertisement: "Buy the ’B & H’ Lamp... Send for our little book... ". The Ladies’ Home Journal, p. III. See worldcat.org for locations.

1892-93 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1892-93). Illustrations and prices of the B & H lamps: piano, banquet and table [catalogue #75]. 97 pp. (Updated 29 April 2017. A00482; A00672. DM.)

c. 1892-93 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1892-93 or after). Gas and electric light fixtures. [catalogue #76]. Approx 72 pp. ("Missing plates 1, 3, 8, 16-17, 25-26, 28-31, 43, 45, 47-48; plates 62-63 have clippings taken out." Some pages show content from another source.) (Viewed 24 July 2016. A00672; A01098; AAA00040.)

1893 - historical information

D.H. Hurd & Co. (1893). “Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co.”, p. 211. In Town and city atlas of the State of Connecticut. Compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations. 223 pp. (Viewed 12 March 2016. A00057a/b.)

1893 - directory listing

(1893). "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co." listings. In The New England business directory and gazetteer, [pp. 1021 (Boston); 1360 (Bell Manufacturers); 1457 (Hardware Manufacturers); 1805 (Manufacturing Companies)]. (Sampson, Murdock & Co.: Boston, MA). (Viewed 6 May 2020. H01350; H01372-73; H01381-82).


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1893 - news mention

(31 March 1893). In New Haven County; Ansonia [with mention: "Bradley & Hubbard of Meriden have the contract for putting in the gas fixtures in Stillson’s block".] The Newtown Bee (Connecticut), presumably p. 8, col. 6. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00864).

1893 - news mention

(presumably 12 October 1893). Here, there and everywhere [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard]. Quaker Street Review (town of Quaker Street, Schenectady Co., New York), presumably p. 3, col. 3. (Viewed 28 December 2021. Q01100).

"The church in this village will soon be lighted with a Bradley & Hubbard chandelier, consisting of twelve large B. & H. burners." (Excerpt from above.)


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1893 - news mention

(c. 13 October 1893). Quaker Street. ["... The Christian church will soon be lighted with new Bradley & Hubbard chandaliers. ..." (sic)] Altamont Enterprise (Altamont, New York), unknown page number, col. 2. (Viewed 9 May 2019; H00783-84).



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1893 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (5 April 1893). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of the Celebrated B & H Lamp... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay street; Boston, 184 Franklin Street; Chicago, 88 Wabash Avenue..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01056).

1893 - advertisement

Pacific Hardware Company, Ltd., presumably Honolulu, HI. (June 1893). Advertisement: "New Goods! ... Bradley & Hubbard’s lamp goods... comprising Chandeliers, Pianos, Banquet, Library and Stand Lamps ..." [with no illustrations]. The Hawaiian Star (Honolulu). (Viewed 2 June 2020. H01931-36).

1893 - advertisement

Pacific Hardware Co., L’d, Honolulu. (25 August 1893). Advertisement: "... New goods... Bradley & Hubbard’s Lamps and Chandeliers... " [with no product illustrations]. The Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu), p. , cols. 6-7. (Viewed 18 January 2021. R00041).

1893 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (6 December 1893). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of the Celebrated B & H Lamp... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay street; Boston, 184 Franklin Street; Chicago, 88 Wabash Avenue..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col 3. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01063).



1893 patents

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1893 - patent - wick-carrier for central-draft lamps

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (28 February 1893). Letters patent no. 492,585; serial no. 441,843: Wick-carrier for central-draft lamps. (Viewed 26 March 2018. AAA01554).

1893 - patent - cap for filling nipples of lamp founts

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (8 August 1893; filed 15 October 1892). Letters patent no. 502,926; serial no. 448,959: Cap for filling nipples of lamp founts. (Viewed 26 March 2018. AAA01555).

1893 - patent - lamp-burner

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (14 November 1893; filed 16 January 1893). Letters patent no. 508,572; serial no. 458,616: Lamp burner. (Viewed 26 March 2018. AAA01556).



1894 - historical information

Moore, William F. (1894). On "Nathaniel L. Bradley", (pp. 370-72). In Representative men of Connecticut, 1861-1894. Massachusetts Publishing Co.: Everett, MA. Viewed 28 May 2017. A02456-58.)

1894 - spotlighted article - social event

(13 April 1894). With Mr. and Mrs. Lyon; Brilliant society event Thursday evening [at Parker mansion; with descriptions of decorations in a number of rooms. Guests present include Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel L. Bradley]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 3. (Viewed 12 December 2020. D01581).


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1894 - article - social event

(13 April 1894). Ideal society affair; Guests of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Lyon delighted [at Parker mansion; with descriptions of decorations in a number of rooms. Guests present include Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel L. Bradley]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1, col. 5. (Viewed 14 December 2020. D01578).

1894 - news mention

(10 December 1894). ["The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. ... are so busy at present that one-half of their force of employees are compelled to work until 9 o’clock at night..."] Hardware, p. 33. (Updated 16 June 2020. G00577.)



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1894 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (7 March 1894). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of the Celebrated B & H Lamp... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay street; Boston, 184 Franklin Street; Chicago, 88 Wabash Avenue..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 3. (Viewed 18 August 2019. L01075).

1894 - two advertisements

E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., St. Johnsbury, VT. (6 September 1894). Advertisements: "... Fall Goods Arriving Daily... 100 Elegant Lamps of the famous Bradley & Hubbard make... " [with no illustrations]. St. Johnsbury Caledonian (Vermont). (Viewed 2 June 2020. H01955-56).

1894 - six advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (October-December 1894). Advertisements: "B & H lamps — easy to light as gas..." (with illustration of lamp). Hardware. (Viewed 21 September 2017. G00544; G00549; G00560; G00568; G00575; G00584.)

1894 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (12 December 1894). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of the Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamp... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Art Metal Goods, Bronzes and Clocks. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay street; Boston, 184 Franklin Street; Chicago, 88 Wabash Avenue..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 1. (Viewed 18 August 2019. L01086).



1894 patents

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1894 - patent - suspension ring for harps and hanging lamps

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (16 January 1894; filed 9 1893). Letters patent no. 512,967; serial no. 457,753: Suspension ring for harps and hanging lamps. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA1869).

1894 - patent - process of finishing metal

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (13 March 1894; filed 8 January 1894). Letters patent no. 516,469; serail no. 496,115: Process of finishing metal. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01870).

1894 - patent - inkstand

Walter Hubbard, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (10 April 1894). Letters patent no. 518,036; serial no. 500,522: Inkstand. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01871).

1894 - patent - air distributer for central-draft lamps

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (20 November 1894; filed 16 January 1893). Letters patent no. 529,496; serial no. 458,449: Air distributer for central-draft lamps. (Viewed 6 April 2018. AAA01872).



1895 - historical information

Gillespie, Charles Bancroft (compiled by). (1895) "Nathaniel L. Bradley". In Art souvenir edition of the Meriden Daily Journal illustrating the city of Meriden, Connecticut in the year 1895, pp. 38-9. The Journal Publishing Company: Meriden, CT. (Viewed 17 November 2016. A00787-88.)

1895 - historical information

Hall, Henry. (1895). "Nathaniel Lyman Bradley", co-founder, Bradley & Hubbard, with illustration (pp. 106-10). In America’s successful men of affairs. An encyclopedia of contemporaneous biography, (vol II). The New York Tribune. (Viewed 12 March 2016. A00065; A00066a-c.)

1895 - historical information

Hall, Henry. (1895). “Walter Hubbard”, co-founder, Bradley & Hubbard, (pp. 414-15). In America’s successful men of affairs. An encyclopedia of contemporaneous biography, (vol II). The New York Tribune. (Viewed 12 March 2016. A00067; A00068.)


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1895 - promotional news brief

(30 May 1895). Fine electric fixtures ["Through their agent... the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company are putting in quite a lot of electrical fixtures for citizens of Napoleon... "] Democratic Northwest and Henry County News (Napoleon, Ohio), p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 2 June 2020. H01957-58).

1895 - illustration-based article

(July 1895). Artistic hardware [illustration-focused article showing table, parlor and banquet lamp designs by the Charles Parker Company (2), H. L. Judd & Co. (2), Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (3), Edward Miller & Co. (2)]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, pp. 36-41. (Viewed 30 September 2017. G00963-65.)

1895 - news mention

(11 July 1895). New Masonic temple [in Hartford, CT, with mention of Bradley & hubbard lighting to be furnished by Bradley & Hubbard]. Daily Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 8. col. 2. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00857).

1895 - news mention

(12 August 1895). Meriden’s factories [including mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. as the 2nd largest factory in Meriden]. The Daily Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 3, col. 1. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00517-18).

1895 - magazine article

(November 1895). News mention: "Meriden, Conn., is celebrated as a manufacturing centre of house furnishing goods, and here is located the extensive works of the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company..." House Furnishing Review, p. 174. (Viewed 11 October 1895. G01033.)



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1895 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1 March 1895). Advertisement: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Manufacturers of the Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamp..." Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, column 1. (Viewed 10 September 2017. G00234).

1895 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (10 April 1895). Advertisement: "The B&H Lamps — easy to light — as gas". ["New York, 26 Park Place - Boston, 160 Congress Street - Philadelphia, Room 710, Betz Building - Chicago, 204 Masonic Temple".] Hardware, p. 15. (Viewed 30 April 2017. A02333-34.)

1895 - two advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (November-December 1895). Advertisements: "... a Line of Goods Specially Adapted to the House Furnishing Trade..." (with illustrations of a lamp, heater, and andiron). House Furnishing Review. (Viewed 2 October 1895. G01034-35.)

1895 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (12 December 1895). Advertisement: "Makers of the B & H’; the only double center draught lamp... Superior to all others... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Newest designs and finishes. Art Metal Goods, Fenders, Andirons... Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barclay st; Boston, 160 Congress st; Chicago, 204 Masonic Temple. Philadelphia, 710 Betz Building... " [with abstract illustration of lamp]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 19 August 2019. L01094).



1895 patents

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1895 - patent - oil-heater

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (26 February 1895; filed 23 April 1894). Letters patent no. 534,648; serial no. 508,615: Oil-heater. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02212).

1895 - patent - design for a holder for lamp-founts

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (19 March 1895; filed 18 February 1895). Design no. 24,128; serial no. 538,904: Design for a holder for lamp-founts. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02213).

1895 - patent - design for a holder for lamp-founts

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (19 March 1895; filed 18 February 1895). Design no. 24,129; serial no. 538,905: Design for a holder for lamp-founts. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02214).

1895 - patent - design for a holder for lamp-founts

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (19 March 1895; filed 18 February 1895). Design no. 24,130; serial no. 538,906: Design for a holder for lamp-founts. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02215).

1895 - patent - design for a holder for lamp-founts

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (19 March 1895; filed 18 February 1895). Design no. 24,131; serial no. 538,907: Design for a holder for lamp-founts. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02216).

1895 - patent - design for a base for lamp-founts

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (19 March 1895; filed 18 February 1895). Design no. 24,132; serial no. 538,900: Design for a base for lamp-founts. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02217).

1895 - patent - design for a base for lamp-founts

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (19 March 1895; filed 18 February 1895). Design no. 24,133; serial no. 538,901: Design for a base for lamp-founts. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02220).

1895 - patent - design for a base for lamp-founts

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (19 March 1895; filed 18 February 1895). Design no. 24,134; serial no. 538,902: Design for a base for lamp-founts. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02221).

1895 - patent - design for a base for lamp-founts

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (19 March 1895; filed 18 February 1895). Design no. 24,135; serial no. 538,903: Design for a base for lamp-founts. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02224).

1895 - patent - wick-adjuster for central-draft lamps

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (23 April 1895; filed 12 March 1894). Letters patent no. 537,849; serial no. 503,301: Wick-adjuster for central-draft lamps. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02225).

1895 - patent - lamp-fount holder

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (4 June 1895; filed 6 May 1895). Letters patent no. 540,511; serial no. 548,283: Lamp fount holder. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02226).

1895 - patent - method of finishing surfaces of wood, metal, etc.

Richard Sievert, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (11 June 1895; filed 15 October 1894). Letters patent no. 540,880; serial no. 525,919: Method of finishing surfaces of wood, metal, etc. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02227).

1895 - patent - filling nipple and cap

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (13 August 1895; filed Letters patent no. 544,409; serial no. 530,017: Filling nipple and cap. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02227).

1895 - patent - lamp-burner

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (31 December 1895; filed 4 February 1895). Letters patent no. 552,327; serial no. 537,208: Lamp-burner. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02228).



1895-96 - missing design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1895-96). Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. illustrating B & H Banquet, Piano, Table and Boudoir Lamps [catalogue no. 89]. ["Salesrooms, New York... Boston... Chicago... Philadelphia..."]. Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 17 May 2020. H01570).

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1896 articles

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1896 - news mention

(12 September 1896). The new court house [with mention of a Bradley & Hubbard representative]. Waterbury Democrat (Connecticut),presumably p. 12, col. 5. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00865).

1896 - news mention

(19 September 1896). Court house progressing; Estimate on gas fixtures to be handed in by next Saturday [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard]. Waterbury Democrat (Connecticut), p. 1, col. 6. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00866).

1896 - news mention

(4 November 1896). Fair Haven news [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. to furnish the gas fixtures for new Masonic hall in Crawford building]. Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 5, col. 3. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00838).

1896 - news mention

(29 December 1896). Latest Fair Haven news [with mention of new Masonic hall with lodge room lit by seven chandeliers by Bradley & Hubbard, adapted for both gas and electricity.] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 2, col. 3. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00871-72).



1896 advertisements

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1896 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (January 1896). Advertisement: "... a Line of Goods Specially Adapted to the House Furnishing Trade..." (with illustrations of a lamp, heater, and andiron). House Furnishing Review, p. 7. (Viewed 3 October 2017. G01036.)

1896 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (4 March 1896). Advertisement: "Makers of the B & H’; the best lamp in every respect. Gas and Elect[ric] Fixtures. Fende[rs], Andirons, Fire Se[ts], Etc. Art Me[tal] Goods. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barcl[ay] Street. Boston: 160 Congress Street. Chicago: 204 Masonic Temple. Philadelphia, 710 Betz Building... " [with abstract illustration of lamp]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 23 August 2019. L01096).

1896 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. [Co.]. (1 September 1896). Advertisement: "Makers of the B & H’; the BEST Lam[p]. In every respect, Gas and Elect[ric] Fixtures, Fender[s,] Andirons. Fire Set[s,] Etc., Art Met[al] Goods. Salesrooms: New York: 21 Barcl[ay] Street. Boston: 160 Congress Street. Chicago, 204 Masonic Temple. Philadelphia: 710 Betz Building... " [with abstract illustration of lamp]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 25 June 2020. F01204).

1896 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1 October 1896). Advertisement: "Get acquainted with the B&H lamp". In Farm and fireside (1 October 1896) v. XX, no. 1, p. 11. Springfield, Ohio : Crowell Publishing Co. (Viewed 29 April 2017. A02300-01.)

1896 - two advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1 November and 1 December 1896). Advertisements: "B&H Lamp, Always the Best..." Farm and Fireside. (Viewed 25 September 2017. G00673-74.)

1896 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard (3 December 1896). Advertisement: "Makers of the B & H’; the best lamp in every respect. Gas and Elect[ric] Fixtures. Fender[s], Andirons, Fire Set[s], Etc. Art Me[tal] Goods. Salesrooms: New York, 21 Barcl[ay] Street. Boston: 160 Congress Street. Chicago: 204 Masonic Temple. Philadelphia, 710 Betz Building... " [with abstract illustration of lamp]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 23 June 2020. L01476).



1896 patents

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1896 - patent - cooking-lamp

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (28 January 1896; filed 10 June 1895). Letters patent no. 553,686; serial no. 552,246: Cooking-lamp. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02218).

1896 - patent - lamp-burner

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (11 February 1896; filed 15 October 1894). Letters patent no. 554,491; serial no. 525,947: Lamp-burner. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02219).

1896 - patent - air-distributer for central-draft lamps

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (2 June 1896; filed 10 February 1896). Letters patent no. 561,321; serial no. 578,629: Air-distributer for central-draft lamps. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02222).

1896 - patent - filling device for lamps

Nathaniel L. Bradley, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (7 July 1896; filed 10 June 1895). Letters patent no. 563,551; serial no. 552,228: Filling device for lamps. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02223).

1896 - patent - design for a base for lamps

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (4 August 1896; filed 2 July 1896). Design no. 25,871; serial no. 597,910: Design for a base for lamps. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02274).

1896 - patent - design for a base for lamps

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (4 August 1896; filed 2 July 1896). Design no. 25,872; serial no. 597,911: Design for a base for lamps. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02275).

1896 - patent - design for a base for lamps

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (4 August 1896; filed 2 July 1896). Design no. 25,873; serial no. 597,912: Design for a base for lamps. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02276).

1896 - patent - design for a base for lamps

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (4 August 1896; filed 2 July 1896). Design no. 25,874; serial no. 597,913: Design for a base for lamps. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02277).

1896 - patent - design for a lamp-fount holder

Albert Patitz, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (4 August 1896; filed 2 July 1896). Design no. 25,875; serial no. 597,914: Design for a lamp-fount holder. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02278).

1896 - patent - pedestal for undertakers’ use

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1 September 1896; filed 19 June 1896). Letters patent no. 566,934; serial no. 596,113: Pedestal for undertakers’ use. (Viewed 12 April 2018. AAA02279).



c. 1896-1900 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1896-1900). A few words about the celebrated B & H lamps. 53 pp. (Viewed 31 May 2016. C00004; A00483-84; A00727.) [3]


1897 advertisements

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1897 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (3 March 1897). Advertisement: "... Designers and makers of the ’B & H’; the best lamp in the world. Made in every style... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. Bronzes and Art Metal Goods. Brass & Iron Grille Work, Railings, Etc. ’B & H’ Oil Heaters, Best Made. Salesrooms: New York - 26 Park Place. Chicago - 204 Mas’ic Tem. Boston - 160 Congress Street. Phila 710 Betz Bldg. ... " [with abstract illustration of lamp]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 3, col. 7. (Viewed 18 August 2019. L01080).

1897 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (6 April 1897). Advertisement: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Designers and Makers of The ’B & H’..." [with abstract illustration of lamp]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, column 7. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00244.)

1897 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (6 September 1897). Advertisement: "... Designers and makers of the ’B & H’; the... best lamp in the world. Made in every style... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. Bronzes and Art Metal Goods. Brass & Iron Grille Work, Railings, Etc. ’B & H’ Oil Heaters. Best Made. Salesrooms: New York - 26 Park Pl. Chicago - 204 Mas’ic Tem. Boston - 160 Congress St. Phila 710 Betz Bldg. ... " [with abstract illustration of lamp]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 26 June 2020. F01229).

1897 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1 December 1897). Advertisement: "... Designers and makers of the ’B & H’; the... best lamp in the world. Made in every style... Gas and Electric Light Fixture[s]. Fenders, Andiron[s], Fire Sets, E[tc.] Bronzes and Art Me[tal] Goods. Brass & Ir[on] Grille W[ork,] Railing[s,] Etc. ’B & H’ Oil Heate[rs,] Best Made. Salesrooms: New York - 26 Park Pl. Chicago - 204 Mas’ic T[em.] Boston - 160 Congress St. Phila 710 Betz Bl[dg]. ... " [with abstract illustration of lamp]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 24 June 2020. L01490).

1897 - advertisement

A. Bushnell & Co., Watertown, NY. (7 December 1897). Advertisement: "... Do Your Christmas Shopping Here... Polished Brass Banquet Lamps, prettily ornamented, with Bradley & Hubbard centre-draft burner— the best burner made— complete with first class wick, chimney and etched glass globe... " [with no illustrations]. Jefferson County Journal (Adams, New York), p. 5, cols. 5-6. (Viewed 28 December 2021. Q01099).

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1897 patents

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1897 - patent - lid for alcohol-lamps

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (2 February 1897; filed 10 August 1896). Letters patent no. 576,413; serial no. 602,239: Lid for alcohol-lamps. (Viewed 31 March 2018. AAA01692).

1897 - patent - folding shade-holders

Emory S. Coggins, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (16 February 1897; filed 21 September 1896). Letters patent no. 577,286; serial no. 606,468: Folding shade holder. (Viewed 31 March 2018. AAA01693).

1897 - patent - filling device for lamps

Waldo L. Upson, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (23 February 1897; filed 29 July 1896). Letters patent no. 577,813; serial no. 600,872: Filling device for lamps. (Viewed 31 March 2018. AAA01694).

1897 - patent - bicycle-bell

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (31 August 1897; filed 14 June 1897). Letters patent no. 589,220; serial no. 640,622: Bicycle-bell. (Viewed 31 March 2018. AAA01695).

1897 - patent - central-draft lamp

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (21 September 1897; filed 25 September 1894). Letters patent no. 590,415; serial no. 524,028: Central-draft lamp. (Viewed 31 March 2018. AAA01696).

1897 - patent - bicycle-bell

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (28 September 1897; filed 28 June 1897). Letters patent no. 590,854; serial no. 642,584: Bicycle-bell. (Viewed 31 March 2018. AAA01697).



c. 1897 - design catalogue reprint

(c. 1897). B&H lamps (banquet lamp, mammoth store and hall lamp). In 1968 reprint, Israel, Fred L. (Ed.), 1897 Sears Roebuck catalogue, p. 688-89. New York: Chelsea House Publishers. (Viewed 9 May 2017. A02406; A02412-13.)

c. 1897 - historical information

Davis, William T. (Ed.) (c. 1897). On "Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co.", (pp. 927-28). In The New England states, their constitutional, judicial, educational, commercial, professional and industrial history, vol. 2. Boston: D. H. Hurd & Co. (Viewed 8 June 2017. A02626-27.)

c. 1897 - historical information

Davis, William T. (Ed.) (c. 1897). On "Nathaniel L. Bradley" (pp. 1081-84 with illustration). In The New England states, their constitutional, judicial, educational, commercial, professional and industrial history, vol. 2. Boston: D. H. Hurd & Co. (Viewed 9 June 2017. A02626; A02641-44)


1898 articles

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1898 - news mention

(13 May 1898). Watertown jottings; Electric lights placed about congregational church [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard furnishing lighting fixtures]. Waterbury Evening Democrat (Connecticut), presumably p. 3, col 4. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00873).

1898 - product announcement

(14 July 1898). Announcement of Bradley & Hubbard Colonial Reading Lamp No. 6082 with illustration. The Iron Age, 1898, p. 40. (Viewed 29 April 2017. A02317-19.)



1898 advertisements

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1898 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (3 March 1898). Advertisement: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Designers and Makers of the ’B & H’, the Best Lamp in the World..." The Morning Record, (Meriden, CT), p. 2, column 6. (Viewed 10 September 2017. G00271.)

1898 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (9 March 1898). Advertisement: "... Designers and makers of the ’B & H’; the... best lamp in the world. Made in every style... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. Bronzes and Art Metal Goods. Brass & Iron Grille Work, Railings, Etc. ’B & H’ Oil Heaters, Best Made. Salesrooms: New York - 26 Park Pl. Chicago - 204 Mas’ic Tem. Boston - 160 Congress Street. Phila 710 Betz Bldg. ... " [with abstract illustration of lamp]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 24 June 2020. L01492).

1898 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (6 September 1898). Advertisement: "... Designers and makers of the ’B & H’; the... best lamp in the world. Made in every style... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. Bronzes and Art Metal Goods. Brass & Iron Grille Work, Railings, Etc. ’B & H’ Oil Heaters, Best Made. Salesrooms: New York - 26 Park Pl. Chicago - 204 Mas’ic Tem. Boston - 160 Congress Street. Phila 710 Betz Bldg. ... " [with abstract illustration of lamp]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 26 June 2020. F01230).

1898 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (29 September 1898). Advertisement: "... Are showing the handsomest designs, most attractive finishes and best values in lamps that have ever been offered to the trade... Samples at our salesrooms: New York, 26 Park Place to 31 Barclay St.; Boston, 160 Congress St; Chicago, 204 Masonic Temple; Philadelphia, 714 Betz Building; Factories, Meriden, Conn." [with photo of lamp]. Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 56. (16 June 2019. F00970).

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1898 - five advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (31 August - December 1898). Advertisement: "Our new line of goods..." [with illustration of vase]. Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review. (Viewed 3 September 2018. C00216; C00224; C00231; C00238; C00244).

1898 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (30 November 1898). Advertisement: "... Designers and makers of the ’B & H’; the... best lamp in the world. Made in every style... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. Bronzes and Art Metal Goods. Brass & Iron Grille Work, Railings, Etc. ’B & H’ Oil Heaters, Best Made. Salesrooms: New York - 26 Park Pl. Chicago - 204 Mas’ic Tem. Boston - 160 Congress St. Phila 710 Betz Bldg. ... " [with abstract illustration of lamp]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 7. (Viewed 27 June 2020. F01257).

1898 - advertisements

(December 1898). Advertisement: "New goods for the holidays" with Bradley & Hubbard mention. (Retailer: Pacific Hardware Company, Limited). The Hawaiian Star (Honolulu), unnumbered page, far right column. (Advert also runs, same placement, on 2-3, 5-10, 12-16 Dec. See additional placements: 17, 19-24, 27-31 December 1898.) (Updated 6 October 2018. A02740-50; B00818-33).

1898 - advertisements

(5 December 1898). Advertisements (text-based): "Timely topics" (Retailer: Hawaiian Hardware Co. with Bradley & Hubbard mention). The Hawaiian Star (Honolulu), unnumbered page, column 3. (Advert also runs, same placement, on 6-10, 12-16 Dec. 1898.) (Updated 6 October 2018. A02740-50.)

1898 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard (7 December 1898). Advertisement: "... Designers and makers of the ’B & H’; the... best lamp in the world. Made in every style... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. Bronzes and Art Metal Goods. Brass & Iron Grille Work Railings, Etc. ’B & H’ Oil Heaters, Best Made. Salesrooms: New York - 26 Park Pl. Chicago - 204 Mas’ic Tem. Boston - 160 Congress Street. Phila 710 Betz Bldg. ... " [with abstract illustration of lamp]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 24 June 2020. L01083).



1898 patents

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1898 - patent - air distributer or spreader

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (26 April 1898; filed 11 October 1897). Letters patent no. 603,105; serial no. 654,811: Air distributer or spreader. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01569).

1898 - patent - wick lifting device

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (7 June 1898; filed 25 October 1897). Letters patent no. 605,186; serial no. 656,269: Wick lifting device. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01570).

1898 - patent - design for a lamp body

Charles F. Linsley, and Reuben F. Crooke, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (16 August 1898; filed 11 June 1898). Design no. 29,223; serial no. 683,245: Design for a lamp body. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01571).



1899 - news mention

(13 October 1899). The new Allyn House [hotel, Asylum Street, Hartford]: Elegant, homelike appointments throughout [with mention: "the electrical fixtures, chandeliers and ornamental sky lights by the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company of Meriden... "] Hartford Courant, p. 5. (Viewed 26 December 2018. D00323).

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1899 advertisements

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1899 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (6 April 1899). Advertisement: "Gas Fixtures at wholesale prices... Between April 1st and October 1st... " [with abstract illustration of wall lamp fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 26 June 2020. F01213).

1899 - advertisement

Weinstock, Lubin & Co., San Francisco, CA. (5 June 1899). Advertisement: "... Fine Lamps in high and low lamp shades. Gold plated and brass with onyx and lacquered trimmings. All have either Bradley & Hubbard or Miller central draught burners..." [with no illustrations]. San Francisco Call (California), p. 5, cols. 5-7. (Viewed 17 May 2020. H01566).

1899 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (7 September 1899). Advertisement: "... Between April 1st and October 1st... Gas Fixtures... at wholesale prices... " [with abstract illustration of wall lamp fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 27 June 2020. F01236).

1899 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (7 December 1899). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons. Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. A complete line of samples at our Salesrooms. Hanover Street, Meriden" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 26 June 2020. F01215).



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1900 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (5 April 1900). Advertisement: "Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons. Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. A complete line of samples at our Salesrooms. Hanover Street, Meriden" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 27 June 2020. F01237).

1900 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (13 September 1900). Advertisement: "Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons. Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. A complete line of samples at our Salesrooms. Hanover Street, Meriden" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 27 June 2020. F01238).

1900 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (22 November 1900). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons. Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. A complete line of samples at our Salesrooms. Hanover Street, Meriden" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 7, col. 6. (Viewed 26 June 2020. F01227).



1900 patents

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1900 - patent - acetylene-gas lamp

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (23 January 1900; filed 24 March 1899). Letters patent no. 641,862; serial no. 710,359: Acetylene-gas lamp. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01584).

1900 - patent - suspension device for lamps

Emil Fisher, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (20 February 1900; filed 12 June 1899). Letters patent no. 644,008; serial no. 720,136: Suspension device for lamps. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01585).

1900 - patent - lamp-burner

Joseph Jauch, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (3 July 1900; filed 24 March 1899). Letters patent no. 652,780; serial no. 710,360: Lamp-burner. (Viewed 27 Marc 2018. AAA01586).

1900 - patent - composite reflector

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (23 October 1900; filed 11 December 1899). Letters patent no. 660,336; serial no. 739,860: Composite reflector. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01587).

1900 - patent - acetylene-gas bicycle-lamp

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (25 December 1900; filed 11 December 1899). Letters patent no. 664,775; serial no. 739,861: Acetylene-gas bicycle-lamp. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01588).



1901 - spotlighted news brief - two iron work contracts

(25 July 1901). Local firms get contracts [with mention of contracts for B & H: iron work for Middletown asylum; and iron stairway in the state capitol]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 24 November 2020. F01859).


1901 articles

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1901 - news brief

(15 August 1901). Improvements in B. & H. Mfg. Co. showrooms. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 5, col. 2. (Viewed 27 October 2020. F01647-48).

1901 - news mention

(30 December 1901). Brief mentions [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. and iron work at Malley Building, New Haven]. The Daily Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 8, col. 1. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00834).



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1901 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (7 March 1901). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons. Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. A complete line of samples at our Salesrooms. Hanover Street, Meriden" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 7, col. 5. (Viewed 27 June 2020. F01260).

1901 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (25 July 1901). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps... Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 7, col. 3. (Viewed 21 January 2021. F01892).

1901 - two advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (15 & 22 August 1901). Advertisements: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. A complete line of samples at our Salesrooms. Hanover Street, Meriden" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01650; F01652).

1901 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (5 September 1901). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons. Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. A complete line of samples at our Salesrooms. Hanover Street, Meriden" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 28 June 2020. F01261).

1901 - advertisement

Sterling Furniture Company, San Francisco, CA. (15 September 1901). Advertisement: "... B & H Lamps... " [with no illustration]. San Francisco Chronicle, p. 16, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 5 June 2019. E00709).

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1901 - advertisement

Dienstag’s, Houston, TX. (6 October 1901). Advertisement: "... ’Art Nouveau’... Bradley & Hubbard... " [with three graphical illustrations]. The Houston Daily Post, p. 6, col. 5-6. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00851).

1901 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (12 December 1901). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons. Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms." [With abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 18 July 2020. L01654).



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1901 - patent - Indicator for lamp-founts

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (16 April 1901; filed 16 July 1900). Letters patent no. 672,178; serial no. 23,699: Indicator for lamp-founts. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01262).

1901 - patent - combined wick-stop and flame-extinguisher

William Allen Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (9 July 1901; filed 24 October 1900). Letters patent no. 678,126; serial no. 34,123: Combined wick-stop and flame-extinguisher. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01263).



1902 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1902). Brass and bronzed iron library lamps, hall lamps and pendants Catalogue no. 120, 1902-1903. (Updated 29 April 2017. A00064.)

1902 - spotlighted news mention - B&H lighting installed in State Library, Hartford

(12 September 1902). The State Library: New steel stack and bookcases nearly ready for use [with mention: "The electric light fixtures, which have been made by the Bradley & Hubbard Company of Meriden, are expected this week and will be installed next week"]. Hartford Courant, p. 5. (Viewed 16 December 2018. D00324).

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Further in the article, presumably a description of the B&H lighting installation: "The stack and the wall cases are lighted by 262 electric lights located over the several sections and governed by switches placed at each end of the cases. In addition to these lights the room is lighted by about 150 lights located in the cornices around the room and the thirty-six light chandelier in the center of the ceiling. The reading tables will be lighted from plugs in the floor." (Excerpt from article above.)



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1902 -article mention - death of Charles Parker

(6 February 1902). Death of Hon. Chas. Parker end came at 1:15 Friday [at the Parker mansion; with portrait photo and biographical information, "honorary bearers... Cephas Rogers, Walter Hubbard... business associates and personal friends..."]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 4, cols. 5-6. (17 December 2020. D01601).

1902 - news mention

(4 April 1902). For the big Malley store [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.]. The Daily Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00814).

"The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing company... is completing an elevator contract for the Edward Malley company, of New Haven, which calls for two modern elevators... The elevators are to be erected in the Malley company’s handsome store.... The iron work, of which the Bradley & Hubbard company makes a specialty, is attractively finished in colored copper and considerable black..." (Excerpt from above.)


1902 - news mention

(4 July 1902). Fort Pierce [with mention of new chandelier and side lights by Bradley & Hubbard installed at "the Episcopal church". The Florida Star (Titusville, FL), p. 8, col. 2. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00852).



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1902 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (6 March 1902). Advertisement: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Gas and Electric Light Fixtures..." Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, column 6. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00238).

1902 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (4 September 1902). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms." [With abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 18 July 2020. L01655).

1902 - advertisement

The People’s Store, Omaha, NE. (28 September 1902). Advertisement: "... Bradley & Hubbard lamps, in all colors... " [with no illustrations]. Omaha Daily Bee (Nebraska), p. 7, cols. 5-7. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00835-36).

1902 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (11 December 1902). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms." [With abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 18 July 2020. L01656).



1902 patents

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1902 - patent - wick-stop for lamp or oil-heater burners

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (21 January 1902; filed 4 May 1901). Letters patent no. 691,710; serial no. 58,762: Wick-stop for lamp or oil-heater burners. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01582).

1902 - patent - lamp-burner

William Allen Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (4 February 1902; filed 15 January 1901). Letters patent no. 692,701; serial no. 43,348: Lamp-burner. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01583).



1903 - news mention

(25 November 1903). Colonial furniture; For State’s Building at St. Louis Exposition [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard’s submitted plans for the fitting of the building with electric light fixtures]. Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 2, col. 4. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00837).


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1903 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (5 March 1903). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons. Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our showrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. , col. 6. (Viewed 24 September 2020. E01459).

1903 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (6 June 1903). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures, Andirons, Fire Sets, Fenders, B. & H. Lamps, Etc. Art Metal Goods... Samples at our Salesrooms" [with illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01781).

1903 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (8 September 1903). Advertisement: "Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 25 September 2020. E01521).

1903 - advertisement

Geo. L. Andrews, presumably Marshalltown, Iowa. (8 December 1903). Advertisement: "Desirable Christmas goods... Bradley & Hubbard Lamps, the best lamp ever produced..." [with no illustrations]. Evening Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa), p. 8, col. 5-8. (Viewed 8 October 2018. B00815).

1903 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (10 December 1903). Advertisement: "Gas and Electric Light Fixtures, Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 25 September 2020. E01522).

1903 - advertisement

Mayo & Weaver, presumably Columbus, MS. (c. 10 & c. 17 December 1903). Advertisement: "... Bradley & Hubbards’ 18-karat Gold-plated Fine Art Pictures and Vases— guaranteed... " [with no illustration]. The Columbus Weekly Dispatch (Columbus, Mississippi). (Viewed 16 May 2019; H00904-07).



1903 - patent - shade holder for electric table-lamps

Robert Walker, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (17 March 1903; filed 23 December 1902). Letters patent no. 723,087; serial no. 136,350: Shade holder for electric table-lamps. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01275).

1904 - B&H in St. Louis exposition

(1906). Connecticut at the World’s Fair: Report of the commissioners from Connecticut to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held at St. Louis, 1904. [Mention of Bradley & Hubbard electric lighting fixtures installed in the State Building of Connecticut, p. 41. Photos of interiors in this book, potentially showing installed B&H lighting.] (Updated 7 November 2018. A00791-92; A02297-99.)

1904 - spotlighted news mention - B&H in St. Louis Exposition

(18 February 1904). State Building at St. Louis [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard]. Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 3, col. 5. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00874).

"... The building is to be lighted by electricity, the fixtures for which have been presented by the Bradley & Hubbard Company of Meriden. They are of the handsomest and most elegant designs ever gotten out by the company." (Excerpt from above.)



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1904 - news mention - B&H in St. Louis exposition

(29 July 1904). Connecticut’s souvenir; How the history of the state is told at the St. Louis exposition [with mention: "Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company of Meriden, furnishing of all electrical fixtures at greatly reduced prices..."]. Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 7, col 1. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00875-76).

1904 - news mention

(23 September 1904). New Milford [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. "completing the bronze grill in both the Savings and First National banks and are also installing a steel tellers’ cage in the National bank."] The Newtown Bee (Connecticut), p. 8, col. 4. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00870).



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1904 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (15 September 1904). Advertisement: "Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. , col. 6. (Viewed 25 September 2020. E01523).

1904 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (13 October 1904). Advertisement: "Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 9 October 2020. F01455).

1904 - two advertisements

Harry Willoughby, presumably Bennington, VT. (18 & 20 October 1904). Advertisements: "Winter is here! ... The well known Bradley & Hubbard nickle plated brass fount, central draft lamp..." [with no illustrations]. Bennington Evening Banner (Vermont). (Viewed 24 April 2020. C01224-26).

1904 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (8 December 1904). Advertisement: "Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 9 October 2020. F01456).

1904 - advertisement

Barber & Ross, Washington, DC. (11 December 1904). Advertisement: "... Beautiful Gift Lamps... Our collection includes a complete line of the celebrated Bradley & Hubbard Central-draft Lamps in rich and beautiful finishes, such as the Pompeiian, Old Brass, Jap, Copper, Corinthian Brass, Black and Ruby Wrought Iron, Nickel, etc. ..." [with no illustration]. The Washington Times (Washington, DC), second section, "Metropolitan Section", p. 1, cols. 5-7. (Viewed 14 May 2019; H00882-83).

1904 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (13 December 1904). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures, Andirons, Fire Sets, Fenders, B. & H. Lamps, Etc. Art Metal Goods... Samples at our Salesrooms" [with illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 8, col. 1. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01782).

1904 - advertisement

E. A. Dearing, presumably Mexico, Missouri. (c. 15 December 1904). Advertisement: "... Bradley & Hubbard’s... Fine Goods..." [with no relevant illustration]. Mexico Weekly Ledger (Mexico, Missouri), unknown page number, cols. 1-4. (Viewed 14 May 2019; H00880-81).



c. 1904 - design catalogue reprint

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1904). The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.: Designers and makers of electric, gas and oil lighting fixtures, art metal goods, desk sets, stationery goods, smokers’ sets, cigar boxes and jars, candlesticks, etc., andirons, fenders, fire sets, etc. 24 pp. [Reprint Rushlight Club, c. 1993.] (Updated 20 May 2020. A01118-21; A02455; H01605.)

1905 - news mention

(9 August 1905). Atwater memorial; bronze tablet and granite pedestal [with mention: The tablet is to be made by the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.] The Daily Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 3, col. 1. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00869).


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1905 - advertisement

Henry Morgan & Co., Montreal. (3 February 1905). Advertisement: "... Lamp Department... Special for country residences... Bradley & Hubbard’s Famous Nickel Lamps, central draft burner... " [with no related product illustrations]. The Gazette (Montreal, QC, Canada), p. 5, col. 5. (Viewed 12 November 2021. R00807).

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1905 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (27 May 1905). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 6, col. 7. (Viewed 9 October 2020. F01457).

1905 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (5 September 1905). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 5. (Viewed 9 October 2020. F01458).

1905 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (5 December 1905). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 9, col. 5. (Viewed 9 October 2020. F01459).

1905 - advertisement

The Reid & Hughes Dry Goods Co., Waterbury, CT. (8 December 1905). Advertisement: "... Christmas Goods of all kinds... Bradley & Hubbard, complete Nickel Lamp and Shade... " [with no illustrations]. Waterbury Evening Democrat (Connecticut), p. 5, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 14 May 2019; H00884-85).

1905 - advertisement

The Reid & Hughes Dry Goods Co., Waterbury, CT. (26 December 1905). Advertisement: "... Bradley & Hubbard full fitted Reading Nickel Lamps... " [with no illustrations]. Waterbury Evening Democrat (Connecticut), p. 5, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 14 May 2019; H00886-87).




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1905 - patent - wick-tube for central-draft lamps

William Allen Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (28 February 1905; filed 30 December 1904). Letters patent no. 783,798; serial no. 238,895: Wick-tube for central-draft lamps. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01579).

1905 - patent - wick-raiser for central-draft lamps

William Allen Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (28 February 1905; filed 30 December 1904). Letters patent no. 783,799; serial no. 238,896: Wick-raiser for central-draft lamps. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01580).

1905 - patent - skeleton cast-metal glass-mount for making shades, screens

Reuben F. Crooke, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1 August 1905; filed 10 April 1905). Letters patent no. 796,193; serial no. 254,791: Skeleton cast-metal glass-mount for making shades, screens. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01581).



c. 1905 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1905). [Gas and electric hanging fixtures], 70 pp. (Updated 8 May 2020. H01452).

1906 - historical information

Gillespie, Charles Bancroft & Curtis, George Munson. (1906). "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.", "Walter Hubbard", and "Nathaniel L. Bradley" sections including portraits and illustrations of their building complex and mansions, (pp. 65-74). In A century of Meriden: A historic record and pictorial description of the town of Meriden, Connecticut and the men who made it, from earliest settlement to close of its first century of incorporation, (Part III). (Viewed 19 November 2016. A00791-92.)


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1906 - news mention

(8 March 1906). News mention: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. have sent down to the New York office a few of the many new things that they will bring out..." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 35. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01169.)

1906 - news mention

(12 April 1906). News mention: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. have recently sent to the New York store many new electric and gas portables, electroliers and oil lamps..." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 19. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01171.)

1906 - news mention

(3 May 1906). Big fire in Meriden ["Fire in the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing company’s factory in Hanover street caused a loss of $10,000 to-day..." Waterbury Evening Democrat (Connecticut), p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 24 September 2018. B00446).

1906 - news mention

(10 May 1906). News mention: "The Hanover street factory of the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Meriden, Conn., was damaged to the extent of $10,000 by fire recently." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 27. (Viewed 7 October 2017. G01172.)

1906 - newspaper article

(18 May 1906). Bradley & Hubbard works are famous. The Hartford Courant. (Viewed 9 August 2017. A02817-18.)

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"Next to the plants of the International Silver Company in point of size comes the Bradley & Hubbard works in the list of Meriden industries. Its great mills in the center of the city are ever busy and its pay roll is the support of many families in the community." (Excerpt from above.)


1906 - promotional news mention

(19 November 1906). News mention: " If in need of a parlor lamp... Bradley & Hubbard metal lamps ... D. S. Grocery Co. [presumably in Marshalltown, Iowa]. Evening Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa), p. 6, col. 3. (Viewed 24 September 2018. B00447).



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1906 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1 March 1906). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 9 October 2020. F01460).

1906 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (18 May 1906). Advertisement: "... The Best Electric, Gas and Combination Fixtures... Fire Place Furniture, Andirons... Art Metal Goods... " [with abstract illustration of chandelier]. The Hartford Courant, p. 27, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 5 June 2019. E00710).

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1906 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (14 June 1906). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures, Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. The Celebrated B&H Lamps..." [with abstract illustration of lighting]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 23 October 2018. B01192-95).

1906 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (11 September 1906). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 9, col. 4. (Viewed 9 October 2020. F01461).



1906 - patent - shade and globe holder

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (4 December 1906; filed 1 October 1906). Letters patent no. 837,716; serial no. 336,917: Shade and globe holder. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01274).


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1907 - news mention

(28 February 1907). Naugatuck nuggets [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.] Waterbury Evening Democrat (Connecticut), p. 6, col. 3. (Viewed 3 October 2018. B00712).

"... The boards have been removed from in front of the large plate-glass windows of the new block for Thomas Neary and the Bradley-Hubbard company of Meriden started to install the light fixtures and chandeliers." (Excerpt from above).


1907 - news mention

(25 April 1907). Meriden concerns enlarging; some $200,000 to be expended upon industrial plants [with mention: "... Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. ..."] . The Daily Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 5, col. 4. (Viewed 3 October 2018. B00703).

1907 - news brief - clock in display in Meriden

(6 June 1907). Remarkable clock; one of the Bradley & Hubbard make has proved loyal timekeeper ["keeping good time for over half a century... in shop window of the Meriden House drug store..."]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 8. col. 4. (Viewed 17 November 2020. F01847).



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1907 - advertisement

Hechts’, Washington, DC. (24 February 1907). Advertisement: "... Famous ’Rayo’ oil lamps; best Bradley & Hubbard burner; nickeled brass; new 1907 model, fine opal shade... " [with illustration of lamp]. The Washington Times (Washington, DC), p. 4, col. 6. (Viewed 14 May 2019; H00874-75).

1907 - advertisement

The Reid & Hughes Dry Goods Co., Waterbury, CT. (16 March 1907). Advertisement: "... Bradley & Hubbard Nickel Lamp, complete with shade... " [with no illustration]. Waterbury Evening Democrat (Connecticut), p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 14 May 2019; H00876-77).

1907 - advertisement

The Reid & Hughes Dry Goods Co., Waterbury, CT. (26 June 1907). Advertisement: "... Bradley & Hubbard Nickel Lamp for cottage use, complete with shade and chimney... " [with no illustration]. Waterbury Evening Democrat (Connecticut), p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 14 May 2019; H00878-79).

1907 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (3 September 1907). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 2, col. 2. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01783).

1907 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (10 December 1907). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 9, col. 2. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01784).



1908 - spotlighted article mention

(4 July 1908). The fame of Meriden is world wide; articles manufactured here are to be seen in almost every country (with mention of Bradley & Hubbard [Mfg.] Co.). Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 22 October 2020. F01621).

"... Palaces and hotels in every country and even the temple of Jerusalem are lighted with lamps, electric and gas fixtures made by the Bradley and Hubbard [Mfg.] Co. and E. Miller [&] Co. ... " (Excerpt from above.)


1908 - news mention

(10 August 1908). City news [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.] Waterbury Evening Democrat (Connecticut), p. 10, col. 2. (Viewed 5 October 2018. B00764).

"The Bradley & Hubbard Co. of Meriden has been awarded the contract for installing the ornamental iron work in the new Waterbury union depot." (Excerpt from above.)



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1908 - news mention

(18 June 1908). New Bristol bank [with mention: "... Bristol Trust Company [New Haven, CT] ... Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Meriden, bronze and iron work... " The Morning-Journal Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 5. (Viewed 5 October 2018. B00761-63).

1908 - news brief - B & H iron work contract, Waterbury train station

(13 August 1908). Big contract for Bradley & Hubbard Co.; will install all the ornamental iron work in new Union Station at Waterbury. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 1. (Viewed 10 November 2020. F01845)

"... The contract comprises the iron stairways, stair railings, bronze guards for the doors, area gratings, a large tower stairway and the ornamental grills for the ticket and telegraph office windows... The Bradley & Hubbard Co. is recognized as one of the best in this section of the country in structural and ornamental iron work... " (Excerpt from above.)




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1908 - advertisement

The Reid & Hughes Dry Goods Co., presumably Waterbury, CT. (14 January 1908). Advertisement: "... Bradley & Hubbard’s complete Nickel Lamps, with shade..." Waterbury Evening Democrat (Connecticut), presumably p. 7, cols. 1-3. (Viewed 25 September 2018. B00456).

1908 - advertisement

Abraham and Straus, Brooklyn. (17 March 1908). Advertisement: "... Metal Reading Lamps... In a rich brushed brass finish, complete with Bradley & Hubbard central draught burner... " [with no illustration]. New York Times, p. 4. (Viewed 6 June 2019. E00711).

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1908 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (2 April 1908). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01785).

1908 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (11 June 1908). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 2. (Viewed 5 October 2020. F01623).

1908 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (4 July 1908). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01786).

1908 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (13 August 1908). Advertisement: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. The Celebrated ’B & H’ Lamps. Samples at our Salesrooms" [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 2. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01865).

1908 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (8 September 1908). Advertisement: "... Electric Gas and Oil Lighting Fixtures; Andirons, Fenders, &c Art Metal Goods; Newest and Best Designs; Handsomest Finishes, Greatest Variety... " [with abstract illustration of wall lighting fixture]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01787).

1908 - advertisement

Breuner’s, Sacramento, CA. (29 November 1908). Advertisement: "... Our beautiful crockery store ... A beautiful new line from the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. Electric and oil lamps... " [with no product illustrations]. Sacramento Union (California), p. 4, col. 2. (Viewed 13 June 2020. D01408-09).

1908 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (15 December 1908). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01788).



1908 patents

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1908 - patent - glass mount for lamp-shades and kindred articles

Reuben F. Crooke, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (20 October 1908; filed 8 June 1908). Letters patent no. 901,690; serial no. 437,329: Glass mount for lamp-shades and kindred articles. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01572).

1908 - patent - metal-bordered panel for desk furniture

Reuben F. Crooke, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (15 December 1908; filed 24 July 1908). Letters patent no. 906,777; serial no. 445,272: Metal-bordered panel for desk furniture. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01573).



1909 - historical information

(20 May 1909). B. & H. company has large contracts. [Article mentions lighting installed at McKim, Mead and White-designed train station in Waterbury, CT, and installs in a number of stations on the Harlem branch of the NY, NH & HRR.] The Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 1. (Viewed 3 August 2017. AAA00625-26.)

1909 - spotlighted article mention - B & H iron and brass work and fixtures at Waterbury station

(15 July 1909). Handsome Union Station of the New Haven Road in Waterbury; The Bradley & Hubbard Company of this city furnished ornamental iron and brass work and handsome gas and electric fixtures [with photo of building exterior]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 8. (Viewed 23 December 2021. F01854).

1909 - news mention

(6 July 1909). Brief state news [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., "Frank P. Evarts... has resigned... because of his health."] Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, CT), presumably p. 12, col. 2. (Viewed 3 October 2018. B00713).


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1909 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (6 April 1909). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01789).

1909 - three advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (July-September 1909). Advertisement: "If You Are Interested In Fire Place Furniture, Electric, Gas, or Oil Reading Lamps, Fixtures, Etc. ..." (with illlustration of andirons). House Furnishing Review. (Viewed 3 October 2017. G01050; G01052; G01054.)

1909 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (7 September 1909). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01790).

1909 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (23 September 1909). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 2. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01628).

1909 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (14 December 1909). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01791).



1909 - patent - candlestick

Reuben F. Crooke, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (9 March 1909; filed 30 November 1909). Letters patent no. 914,804; serial no. 465,278: Candlestick. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01576).

190- - sales sheet

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (190-). One page sheet: Electric reading lamps. (Viewed 29 April 2017. A02325.)


1910s

1910 - newspaper article

(5 October 1910). Nurses’ home: $15,000 building gift of N. L. Bradley [of Bradley & Hubbard] to Meriden Hospital. Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, CT), p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 25 September 2018. B00454-55).


1910 advertisements

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1910 - two advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (6 & 13 January 1910). Advertisements: "... Gas and Electric Light Fixtures... Gas Portables, B & H Lamps. Art Metal Goods, Andirons, Fire Sets... Boston, 184 Franklin Street; New York, 26 Park Place to 21 Barclay Street; Chicago, 505 Heyworth Building, Factories and Main Office, Meriden, CT" [with no illustrations]. Crockery & Glass Journal. (Viewed 4 June 2019. E00712-13).

  • See worldcat.org for locations: 6 January 1910, p. 44; 13 January 1910, p. 40.

1910 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (5 April 1910). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01792).

1910 - advertisement

King Plumbing Co., presumably Keokuk, Iowa. (14 August 1910). Advertisement: "A Treat— Just Received a new line of Gas and Electric Portables, The Famous Bradley & Hubbard line— New prices, new designs..." [with illustration of lamp]. The Daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa), p. 2, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 25 September 2018. B00453).

1910 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (6 September 1910). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01793).

1910 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (13 December 1910). Advertisement: " "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 5 November 2020. F01794).




1911 articles

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1911 - article mention

(2 February 1911). Canadian goods are welcome here; local manufacturers not afraid of new tariff understanding with Canada if English and German goods are not imported over the border [with mention of Charles F. Linsley, secretary of the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.] Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 30 October 2020. F01710).

1911 - news mention

(10 August 1911). Park [Congregational] church organ being installed [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. installing 24 four-light electric chandeliers]. Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, CT), p. 5, cols. 5-6. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00840-41).



1911 advertisements

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1911 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (2 February 1911). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 7, col. 1. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01718).

1911 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (16 February 1911). Advertisement: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Lighting Fixtures, Electric and Gas, Fireplace Furniture..." Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 7, column 1. (Viewed 12 September 2017. G00250.)

1911 - two advertisements

Minot Drug Co., presumably Minot, North Dakota. (25 May, 1 June 1911). Advertisement: "... Have you selected your Graduation Presents yes? ... Bradley [&] Hubbard’s Brass Goods..." [with no product illustrations]. The Ward County Independent (Minot, North Dakota). (Viewed 25 September 2018. B00451-52).

1911 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (27 July 1911). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 9, col. 7. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01594).

1911 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (12 September 1911). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 9, col. 7. (Viewed 6 November F01796).

1911 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (14 September 1911). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 8, col. 7. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01654).

1911 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (12 December 1911). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record,p. 8, col. 7. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01797).



1911 - patent - sad iron

Arthur G. Judd, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (6 June 1911; filed 22 August 1910). Letters patent no. 994,467; serial no. 578,420: Sad iron. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01575).

c. 1911 - historical information

(c. 1911). Meriden Illustrated, (Illustration of B&H buildings, p. 7). William S. Kline & Company: Kinderhook, NY. 30 pp. (Viewed 1 August 2016. A00781; A01122.)

1912 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1912). Wholesale net prices: electric lighting fixtures illustrated in catalogue no. 173. [no illustrations]. Meriden, CT, 20 pp. (Updated 29 April 2017. A00062; A00063.)

1912 - news mention

(25 December 1912). Willimantic; New Y.M.C.A. quarters [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. lighting fixtures]. Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, CT), presumably p. 2, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00839).


1912 advertisements

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1912 - three advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (4, 11 & 18 April 1912). Advertisement: "... Lighting fixtures. Art Metal Goods. Fireplace Furniture... " [with illustration of lamp]. Crockery & Glass Journal. (Viewed 4 June 2019. E00714-16).

  • See worldcat.org for locations: 4 April 1912, p. 32; 11 April 1912, p. 36; 18 April 1912, p. 32.

1912 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (9 April 1912). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 8, col. 1. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01798).

1912 - advertisement

Breuner’s, Sacramento, CA. (7 May 1912). Advertisement: "... our entire stock of the famous Bradley & Hubbard Electric Lamps, Portables, etc. ... " [with illustrations of lamps]. Sacramento Union (California), p. 7, cols. 5-7. (Viewed 13 June 2020. D01407).

1912 - advertisement

Geo. A. Davis, presumably Norwich, CT. (24 May 1912). Advertisement: "... When looking for wedding gifts... a Bradley & Hubbard electric lamp would make [an] acceptable [gift] ..." [with no illustrations]. Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, CT), presumably p. 7, col. 1. (Viewed 25 September 2018. B00450).

1912 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (10 September 1912). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 8, col. 2. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01799).

1912 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (10 December 1912). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 8, col. 2. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01800).

1912 - advertisement

Parmalee-Dohrmann Co., Los Angeles. (18 December 1912). Advertisement: "... The Bradley Hubbard Portable here shown is finished in dull brass, has amber glass shade... " [with abstract illustration]. Los Angeles Herald, p. 7, col. 1. (Viewed 13 June 2020. D01411-13).



1912? - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1912?). Electric lighting fixtures [cat. no. 173]. Number of pages unknown. (Updated 29 April 2017. A00058; AAA00350-51. DM.)

1913 - map

(7 August 1913). "Buyers’ map [New York]... Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., 200 Fifth ave. Crockery & Glass Journal, after p. 22. (Viewed 7 October 2017. G01188.)


1913 articles

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1913 - news mention

(3 July 1913). News mention: "At Pittsburgh... The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. were represented here by Mr. Whitford, who had a fine display at the Hotel Anderson." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 12. (Viewed 7 October 2017. G01181.)

1913 - news mention

(10 July 1913). News mention: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. are now established on the third floor of the Fifth Avenue Building... They have made a radical change in the ordinary way of showing lighting goods..." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 11. (Viewed 7 October 2017. G01184.)

1913 - news mention

(17 July 1913). News mention: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. [in New York] have completed the installation of their samples in the new showrooms..." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 12. (Viewed 7 October 2017. G01185.)

1913 - news mention

(14 August 1913). News mention: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., who are constantly adding to their line of lighting devices, are putting in some richer goods..." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 11. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01179.)

1913 - news mention

(4 September 1913). News mention: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. have added many new items to their line of illuminating devices, among them a new piano lamp..." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 11. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01197.)

1913 - news mention

(2 October 1913). News mention: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. are constantly adding to their lines... " Crockery & Glass Journal, pp. 13-14. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01204-05.)

1913 - news mention

(23 October 1913). News mention: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. were always leaders in originality and quality, and this season they have surpassed themselves..." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 13. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01214.)

1913 - news mention

(13 November 1913). News mention: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. are rejoicing in the comfort and convenience..." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 13. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01178.)

1913 - news mention

(20 November 1913). News mention: "N. L. Bradley, of the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., was a visitor to the New York store..." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 17. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01177.)

1913 - news mention

(11 December 1913). News mention: "No better evidence of the popularity of the Bradley & Hubbard lamps could be had than to observe the great number of stores that carry them..." Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 13. (Viewed 9 October 2017. G01229.)



1913 advertisements

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1913 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (23 January 1913). Advertisement: "... Electric and Gas Fixtures of all Styles and Varieties. Electric Reading, Desk and Floor Lamps. Gas Portables. Oil lighting fixtures and lamps. Art metal goods. Fireplace furniture. Samples at our showrooms - New York, 26 Park Place; Chicago, 505 Heyworth Building" [with illustration of hanging lamp]. Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 36. (Viewed 27 June 2019. E00888-89).

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1913 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (23 January 1913). Advertisement: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Lighting Fixtures..." Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 8, column 2. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00253.)

1913 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (10 April 1913). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures; Electric and Gas; Fire Place Furniture; Fenders, Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. In Brass and Iron" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 8, col. 1. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01660).

1913 - advertisement

Young & McCombs, Rock Island, IL. (21 May 1913). Advertisement: "... Electric Parlor Lamps... We are showing a fine assortment of Electroliers in all grades from the famous Bradley & Hubbard factories..." [with illustration, unclear if for B&H lamp]. Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Illinois), p. 11, cols. 2-3. (Viewed 10 October 2018. B00885-86).

1913 - nine advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (July - August 1913). Advertisements: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., New York Salesrooms Removed to The Fifth Avenue Building..." (with illustration of ceiling lamp). Crockery & Glass Journal. (Updated 7 October 2017. G00287-88; G00449-51; G01190; G01192; G01195-96.)

1913 - four advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (4-25 September 1913). Advertisements: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., New York Salesrooms Removed to The Fifth Avenue Building..." (with illustration of table lamp). Crockery & Glass Journal. (Updated 7 October 2017. G01200-03.)

1913 - twelve advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (2 October 1913 - 25 December 1913). Advertisements: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., New York Salesrooms Removed to The Fifth Avenue Building..." (with illustration of table lamp). Crockery & Glass Journal. (Updated 9 October 2017. G01207; G01210; G01213; G01215-16; G01220-21; G01223; G01225; G01228; G01230; G01234.)

1913 - advertisement

Skillman VanCott, Kennewick, Washington. (19 December 1913). Advertisement: "... Useful Gifts of Quality... Bradley & Hubbard brass... " The Kennewick Courier (Kennewick, WA), p. 5, cols. 5-6. (Viewed 30 September 2018. B00603).



1913 patents

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1913 - patent - shade or globe holder

Frank S. Hubbard & Alfred P. Hirschfeld, assignors to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (18 March 1913; filed 18 November 1912). Letters patent no. 1,056,682; serial no. 731,953: Shade or globe holder. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01272).

1913 - patent - air distributer for central-draft lamps

William A. Penfield, assignor to Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (23 December 1913; filed 13 September 1913). Letters patent no. 1,082,284; serial no. 789,613: Air distributer for central-draft lamps. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01273).




1914 articles

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1914 - news mention

(31 July 1914). Awards contracts for Y.M.C.A. work; Meriden concern [Bradley & Hubbard] to install lighting fixtures. Hartford Courant, p. 6. (Viewed 18 October 2018. D00325).

"[Bradley & Hubbard] will have the complete contract connected with the installation of new fixtures in both the old building and the new... There will be about 1,000 outlets installed. ..." (Excerpt from above.)


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1914 - news brief B & H electric luminors installed

(24 September 1914). Handsome electric luminors installed in First Cong. Church [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.] Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 4, col. 7. (Viewed 23 December 2021. F01857).

"... new electric luminors... installed in the auditorium... The fixtures were specially designed by Alfred P. Hirschfeld and manufactured by the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. company, are of Gothic design in keeping with the interior of the church... the gas fixtures will be removed this week. As soon as the addition is completed the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. company will install new fixtures through out the entire church." (Excerpt from above.)


1914 - article

(25 October 1914). Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company [three-paragraph article]. Hartford Courant. p. AA12. (Viewed 18 October 2018. D00326).

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1914 advertisements

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1914 - three advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1, 15, 29 January 1914). Advertisements: "... Lighting Fixtures. Electric, Gas and Oil... Art Metal Goods... " [with illustration of table lamp]. Crockery & Glass Journal. (Viewed 3 July 2019. E00717-19).

  • See worldcat.org for locations: 1 January 1914, p. 32; 15 January 1914, p. 40; 29 January 1914, p. 32.

1914 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (7 March 1914). Advertisement: "The Best Lighting Fixtures... Andirons; Fire Sets... " [with abstract illustration of ceiling lighting]. Meriden Daily Journal (Connecticut), p. 4, col. 5. (Viewed 11 July 2019. F01174-76).

1914 - advertisement

Ayres & Chapman, Keokuk, Iowa. (15 November 1914). Advertisement: "... Bradley & Hubbard Art Bronzes and Brass Wares... " [with no illustrations]. The Daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa), p. 9, col. 5-7. (Viewed 3 October 2018. B00699-700).

1914 - advertisement

Ottawa Electric Co., Ottawa, Canada. (2 December 1914). Advertisement: "Appropriate Xmas gifts; We were lucky enough to secure about four dozen of the famous Bradley & Hubbard Portable Lamps... " [with no product illustrations]. The Ottawa Evening Journal (Ottawa, Canada), p. 8, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 12 November 2021. R00808).

  • See worldcat.org for possible locations, or contact area public library.



1915 - spotlighted news brief - Clarence P. Bradley becomes new company president

(18 March 1915). Elect Clarence P. Bradley; Bradley & Hubbard Co. head to succeed late father [with portrait photos of Bradley and new director William C. Comstock]. The Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 30 December 2020. D0169 ).


1915 advertisements

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1915 - advertisement

Geo. B. Peck Co. Dry Goods, Kansas, City, Missouri. (25 September 1915). Advertisement: "... Electric Lamps... Just 15 of these well finished Electric Lamps, most of them made by the Bradley & Hubbard Co. No two alike..." [with illustration]. Kansas City Times, p. 5, cols. 4-5. (Viewed 23 January 2019. D00708-09).

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1915 - two advertisements

Frank E. Kirby, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. (5 November 1915). Advertisement: "... Bradley & Hubbard..." The Democratic Banner (Mt. Vernon, Ohio). (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00469).



1916 articles

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1916 - news announcement

(3 August 1916). Middletown; Sub-contract for Bank [with mention: "... for the Middletown National Bank ... ornamental iron, Bradley & Hubbard [Manufacturing] Co. ... "Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, CT), p. 8, col. 4. (Viewed 3 October 2018. B00705).

1916 - news mention

(11 August 1916). The beautiful Black Rock section of Bridgeport; The Gilman Manor House converted into a high class residence club ... [Manor Club; with mention of fixtures by Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.] The Bridgeport Evening Farmer (Connecticut), p. 9. (Viewed 9 October 2018. B00867-68).



1916 advertisements

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1916 - advertisement

Geo. A. Davis, presumably Norwich, CT. (7 March 1916). Advertisement: "... Electric Table Lamps, A new line just received from Bradley & Hubbard. All new styles and very low prices... " Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, CT), p. 5, col. 1. (Viewed 3 October 2018. B00704).

1916 - two advertisements

Brattleboro China Store, presumably Brattleboro, VT. (December 1916). Advertisement: "Christmas suggestions... Electric Lamps, These make useful and pleasing gifts... Bradley & Hubbard..." [with no product illustrations]. The Brattleboro Daily Reformer (Vermont). (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00471-72).



1917 - secondary source information

(1917). On Nathaniel L. Bradley and Bradley & Hubbard, (pp. 31-4)] Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, vol 3. The American Historical Society, Inc.: Boston, New York, Chicago. (Viewed 28 November 2016. AAA00525; 529-31.)


1917 advertisements

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1917 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (4 January 1917). Advertisement: "... Electric Reading Lamps... Art Metal Goods, Andirons, Fire Sets, etc. ... New York Salesrooms: Fifth Avenue Building... Factories - Meriden, Conn. " [with illustration of lamp]. Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 32. (Viewed 7 June 2019. E00720).

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1917 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (10 November 1917). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures... Andirons; Fire Sets... Art Metal Goods... " [with abstract illustration of wall lighting unit]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 6, col. 6. (Viewed 11 July 2019. F01181-82).

1917 - advertisement

Dulin & Martin Co., Washington, DC. (4 December 1917). Advertisement: "A Christmas hint— Why not a pretty Lamp for the Home? ... Particularly beautiful are the famous "Bradley-Hubbard" lamps, in Bronze, Cyprian, Egyptian, Polychrome, Olympian and other finishes..." [no product illustrations]. Evening Star (Washington, DC), p. 20, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 23 September 2018. B00393-94).



c. 1918 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1918). Rayo Lanterns. 28 pp. (Viewed 19 July 2016. AAA00032-02.)

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara - Special Coll., Romaine Trade Catalogs, Box 2, Folder 1.

1918 - historical information

Hill, Everett G. (1918). Clarence Peck Bradley biography, President, Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., (p. 603-05). In A modern history of New Haven and eastern New Haven County, v. II. New York; Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. (Viewed 20 November 2016. A00802-03.)

1918 - map

(1918). Aero view of Meriden, Connecticut [including illustration of Bradley & Hubbard.] Hughes & Bailey: Boston. (Viewed 19 July 2016. A01020-21.)


1918 advertisements

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1918 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (10 September 1918). Advertisement: "... Lighting fixtures; Electric and gas; Reading and Floor Lamps. Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. Art Metal Goods... Meriden, Conn." [with illustration of hanging light fixture]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 4. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01233).

1918 - advertisement

Dulin & Martin Co., Washington, DC. (29 November 1918). Advertisement: "A Christmas hint— Why not a pretty Lamp for the Home? ... Particularly beautiful are the famous "Bradley-Hubbard" lamps, in Bronze, Cyprian, Egyptian, Polychrome, Olympian and other finishes..." [no product illustrations]. Evening Star (Washington, DC), p. 13, cols. 7-8. (Viewed 24 September 2018. B00432).

1918 - advertisement

Gee Electric Co., presumably Wheeling, West Virginia. (28 December 1918). Advertisement: "... On these days we will offer our entire stock of... Bradley & Hubbard Portables at 33 1-3 off the regular price..." with no illustrations]. The Wheeling Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV), p. 9, cols. 1-3. (Viewed 26 September 2018. B00468).



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1919 - advertisement

Parmelee-Dohrmann Co., Los Angeles, CA. (10 August 1919). Advertisement: "You will find these nationally advertised well known merchandise lines featured here... ’Bradley-Hubbard’ lamps... " [with no relevant illustrations]. Los Angeles Times, p. III2. (Viewed 10 June 2019. F00744).

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1919 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (9 September 1919). Advertisement: "... Lighting fixtures; Electric and gas; Reading and Floor Lamps. Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. Art Metal Goods... Meriden, Conn." [with illustration of hanging light fixture]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 6. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01801).

1919 - advertisement

Keisker’s, Louisville, Kentucky. (7 December 1919). Advertisement: "... Christmas gift... we feature exclusively the celebrated ... Bradley-Hubbard lamps... " [with no relevant illustrations]. Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), p. C7. (Viewed 17 June 2019. F00801).

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1919 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (9 December 1919). Advertisement: "... Lighting fixtures; Electric and gas; Reading and Floor Lamps. Andirons, Fire Sets, Etc. Art Metal Goods... Meriden, Conn." [with illustration of hanging light fixture]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 9, col. 1. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01802).



1920s

1920 - price list

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1920). B&H table lamps (price list). 1 page. (Viewed 19 July 2016. AAA00032-25; A01059.)

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Coll., Romaine Trade Catalogs, Box 2, Folder 1.


1920 advertisements

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1920 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (24 June 1920). Advertisement: "... Lighting Fixtures for all purposes... Gas Portables. Andirons, Fire Sets and Fenders, and other Metal Goods of the best quality and workmanship... " [with illustration of lamp]. Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 32. (Viewed 10 June 2019. F00802).

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1920 - advertisement

LeSesne’s Kodak Place, presumably Daytona Beach, FL. (9 December 1920). Advertisement: "Your Christmas Savings Check... Bradley-Hubbard Lamps... " [with no illustrations]. The Daytona Daily News (Florida), p. 5, col. 2. (Viewed 2 June 2020. H01945).



1921 advertisements

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1921 - advertisement

(1921). Advertisement for Bradley & Hubbard lighting fixtures, etc. In Visiting New York City: Buyers manual, p. 38. New York: Henry Sweetsson, Inc. (Viewed 29 April 2017. A02322-23.)

1921 - advertisement - contractor mention of Walter Hubbard Memorial Chapel and B & H Mfg. Co.

H. Wales Lines Company, Meriden, CT. (9 September 1921). Advertisement: "... General Contractors and Builders of Meriden’s New Y. M. C. A. ... the Lines Company has built nearly all of the principal structures in Meriden, among them... Walter Hubbard Memorial Chapel... Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. ..."] Meriden Daily Journal, p. 10, cols. 5-8. (Viewed 15 December 2020. D01585).

1921 - advertisement

Vaughan & Burnett Jewellers, Brattleboro, VT. (9 December 1921). Advertisement: "... We have new pieces and several new finishes in our line of brass, made by the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., who are considered the finest brass workers in America..." [no illustrations]. The Brattleboro Daily Reformer (Vermont), p. 6, col. 1-3. (Viewed 22 September 2018. B00379).



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1922 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (July 1922). Advertisement: "... Designers and Makers of Electric Lighting Fixtures..." [with two abstract illustrations of floor lamps]. Good Furniture, p. 62. (Viewed 26 September 2017. G00675.)

1922 - advertisement

Vaughan & Burnett Jewellers, Brattleboro, VT. (14 July 1922) Advertisement including Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. [no illustrations]. The Brattleboro Daily Reformer (Vermont), p. 5. (Viewed 22 September 2018. B00380-81).

"Art Metal Goods; This is one of our most attractive departments and consists largely of goods manufactured by the well-known concern of Bradley & Hubbard of Meriden, Conn. We think these articles are superior in finish and design to any others manufactured in this country. In this line are brass floor and table lamps, desk sets, smoking stands and sets, statuary, book ends, door stops, candle sticks, etc." (Full excerpt from above.)


1922 - two advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (August & September 1922). Advertisements: "... Designers and Makers of Electric Lamps of All Kinds..." [with photo showing selected lighting fixtures]. Good Furniture. (Viewed 26 September 2017. G00677; G00679.)

1922 - three advertisements

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (October, November & December 1922). Advertisements: "... Designers and Makers of Electric Lamps of All Kinds..." Good Furniture. (Viewed 26 September 2017. G00680; G00698; G00700.)

1922 - advertisement

H. S. Barney Co., Schenectady, NY. (14 December 1922). Advertisement: "... These new lamps shed a new light on the subject of gift-giving... Bradley & Hubbard beautiful floor lamps... " [with possibly relevant abstract illustrations of lamps]. Amsterdam Evening Recorder (Amsterdam, NY), p. 15, cols. 6-8. (Viewed 28 December 2021. Q01098).

  • Online - fultonhistory.com. (Search the archive, "Amsterdam NY Evening Recorder and Daily Democrat 1922 Nov-1923 Mar Grayscale - 0287", and scroll down for the link.)



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1923 - advertisement

Andrews Radio Electric Shop, presumably North Tonawanda, NY. (6 April 1923). Advertisement: "... A few Bradley Hubbard Table Lamps; Cast Standards... Budoir Lamps... " [with no product illustrations]. Evening News (Tonawanda, NY), p. 7. (Viewed 28 June 2021. R01371).

  • Online - fultonhistory.com. (Search the archive, "North Tonawanda NY Evening News 1923 Jan-Jan 1924 Grayscale - 0745", and scroll down for the link.)

1923 - advertisement

William Brothers Co. Department Store, Lockport, NY. (19 April 1923). Advertisement: "... Special One-Half Price Sale of... Lamps... Bradley [&] Hubbard... " [with no related product illustrations]. Lockport Union-Sun and Journal (Lockport, New York), presumably p. 5, cols. 5-8. (Viewed 9 November 2020. F01827).



1924 - design catalogue

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1924). Electric lamps [catalogue no. 202]. 53 pp. (Updated 5 April 2017. A00477; AAA00589.)


1924 advertisements

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1924 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1 May 1924). Advertisement: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Lighting Fixtures and Lamps..." Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, column 7. (Viewed 12 September 2017. G00284).

1924 - advertisement

Parmalee-Dohrmann Co., Los Angeles, CA. (14 September 1924). Advertisement: "... The Bradley-Hubbard Line of Lamps... The famous Bradley-Hubbard line of metal floor and reading lamps... " [with two, possibly relevant, abstract illustrations of floor lamps]. Los Angeles Times, p. B14. (Viewed 10 June 2019. F00803).

  • See worldcat.org for locations.



1924 - patent - shade holder

Alfred P. Hirschfeld. (8 April 1924; filed 30 October 1923). Patent no. 1,489,887; serial no. 671,650: Shade holder. (Viewed 15 March 2018. AAA01178).


1925 advertisements

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1925 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (5 March 1925). Advertisement: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. Lighting Fixtures and Lamps..." Meriden Record, p. 7, column 7. (Viewed 11 September 2017. G00273).

1925 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (3 November 1925). Advertisement: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Lighting Fixtures and Lamps..." Meriden Record, p. 7, column 7. (Viewed 10 September 2017. G00274).



1926 advertisements

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1926 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1 July 1926). Advertisement: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Lighting Fixtures and Lamps..." Meriden Record, p. 7, column 5. (Viewed 12 September 2017. G00275).

1926 - advertisement

R. H. White Co., Boston, MA. (31 October 1926). Advertisement: "... beautiful lamps such as... Bradley & Hubbard ... " [with no illustrations]. Boston Daily Globe, p. B9. (Viewed 10 June 2019. F00804).

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1927 advertisements

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1927 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (4 January 1927). Advertisement: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. Lighting Fixture and Lamps..." Meriden Record, p. 7, column 1. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00242.)

1927 - advertisement

Scrantom’s, presumably Rochester, NY. (29 April 1927). Advertisement: "... In the Art Novelty Shops... Many new Desk Sets from Bradley-Hubbard.." [with no product illustrations]. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (New York), p. 38, cols. 7-8. (Viewed 9 November 2020. F01826).



c. 1927 - design catalogue reprint

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (c. 1927). Rayo lamps / for sale by the Atlantic Refining Company. 32 pp. (“These lamps were probably made by the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., Meriden CT.” Reprint. (Updated 29 April 2017. A00605.)

1928 - advertisement

Wesley Gregory, Kingston, NY. (8 December 1928). Advertisement: "For Xmas; Bradley & Hubbard Fireplace Fixtures and High Grade Line of Bronze Table, Floor and Desk Lamps... Cigar and Cigarette Stands... " [with no illustrations]. Kingston Daily Freeman (Kingston, New York), p. 3. (Viewed 29 May 2020. H01799-1800).

  • Online - fultonhistory.com. (Search the archive, "Kingston NY Daily Freeman 1928 b Grayscale - 0396", and scroll down for the link.)

1929 - spotlighted advertisement - ornamental iron install by B&H

W. E. Caulkins & Son, Inc., General Contractors, Hartford, CT. (7 May 1929). Advertisement: "For the Fine Results Attained in the Remodeled City Bank & Trust Co. We Are Pleased To Compliment the Following Sub-Contractors... The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company, Ornamental Iron, Meriden, Conn. ... " [with no illustrations]. Hartford Courant, p. 6. (Viewed 10 June 2019. F00805).

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1929 advertisements

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1929 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (5 March 1929). Advertisement: " ... Lighting Fixtures and Lamps; Factory Salesroom; Hanover St.; Meriden, Conn." [with abstract illustration of ceiling fixture]. Meriden Record, p. 7, col. 7. (Viewed 25 June 2020. L01498).

1929 - advertisement; B&H as sub-contractor

The Connecticut Hupmobile Company, presumably Hartford, CT. (29 September 1929). Advertisement: "... wishes to express its appreciation to W. M. Brown, superintendent of construction... " [see below; no illustrations]. Hartford Courant, p. D2. (Viewed 18 April 2020. F00806).

  • See worldcat.org for locations.

"And to all the following contractors, sub-contractors and suppliers of material for the part they played in making its beautiful new building possible... Bradley & Hubbard... " (Excerpt from above.)


1929 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (5 December 1929). Advertisement: " ... Lighting Fixtures and Lamps; Factory Salesroom; Hanover St.; Meriden, Conn." [with abstract illustration of ceiling fixture]. Meriden Record, p. 7, col. 1. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01207).

1929 - advertisement

H. R. Wait Co., Auburn, NY. (6 December 1929). Advertisement: "... The Treasure Chest of Christmas Gifts...A very nice assortment of Bronze Bookends of the famous Bradley-Hubbard line... " [with presumably no related product llustrations]. Auburn Citizen (Auburn, New York), p. 9. (Viewed 29 May 2020. H01793-95).

1929 - advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (12 December 1929). Advertisement: " ... Lighting Fixtures and Lamps; Factory Salesroom; Hanover St.; Meriden, Conn." [with abstract illustration of ceiling fixture]. Meriden Record, p. 7, col. 1. (Viewed 6 November 2020. F01803).

1929 - advertisement

H. R. Wait Co., Auburn, NY. (12 December 1929). Advertisement: ".. the Treasure Chest of Xmas Gifts... A very nice assortment of Bronze Bookends of the famous Bradley-Hubbard line... " [with no illustrations]. Skaneateles Press (Skaneateles, New York), p. 5, lower right. (Vewed 29 May 2020. H01796-98).

  • Online - fultonhistory.com. (Search the archive, "Newspapers Skaneateles NY Free Press 1929-1930 - 0398", and scroll down for the link.)

1929 - advertisement

H. R. Wait Co., Auburn, New York. (13 December 1929). Advertisement: "Select your Christmas Furniture now at Wait’s... A very nice assortment of bronze Book Ends of the famous Bradley-Hubbard... " [with no illustrations]. Moravia Republican-Register (Moravia, New York), presumably p. 6, cols. 4-6. (Viewed 29 May 2020. H01792).

  • Online - fultonhistory.com. (Search the archive, "Newspapers Moravia NY Republican Register 1929-1931 - 0341", and scroll down for the link.)



1930s

1930 advertisements

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1930 - listing

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (1 December 1930). Advertisement: "The Buyers’ Guide to New York... Fifth Ave. Bldg. (Grammercy 5859); Electric lighting fixtures and lamps" [with no illustrations]. Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 161. (Viewed 10 June 2019. F00807).

  • See worldcat.org for locations.

1930 - advertisement

Kline, Eppihimer & Co., Reading, PA. (18 December 1930). Advertisement: "... Modernistic and Colonial Table and Desk Lamps, of the celebrated Bradley & Hubbard make.. " [with possibly relevant, abstract illustrations of lamps]. The Reading Times (Reading, PA), p. 11, cols. 7-8. (Viewed 16 December 2021. R00183).

  • See worldcat.org for possible locations, or contact area public library.



1931 advertisements

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1931 - advertisement

Wesley Gregory, Kingston, NY. (15 May 1931). Advertisement: "Quality... Fireplace Sets and Lamps by Bradley & Hubbard... " [with no illustration]. Independent and Times (New Paltz, New York), presumably p. 6, cols. 1-3. (Viewed 29 May 2020. H01790-91).

  • Online - fultonhistory.com. (Search the archive, "New Paltz NY Independent and Times 1929-1932 - 0845", and scroll down for the link.)

1931 - advertisement

Wesley Gregory, Kingston, NY. (30 April 1931). Advertisement: "Quality... Fireplace Sets and Lamps by Bradley & Hubbard... " [with no illustration]. Kingston Daily Freeman (Kingston, New York), p. 15, right column. (Viewed 29 May 2020. H01788-89).

  • Online - fultonhistory.com. (Search the archive, "Kingston NY Daily Freeman 1931 Grayscale - 0658", and scroll down for the link.)

1931 - advertisement

Parmelee-Dohrmann, Los Angeles area and San Diego, CA. (24 May 1931). Advertisement: "... Lamps Sale Priced! ... A great purchase direct from the famed studios of Bradley [&] Hubbard... " [possibly relevant illustration showing two floor lamps]. Los Angeles Times, B2. (Viewed 10 June 2019. F00808).

  • See worldcat.org for locations.



1933 - advertisement

Parmelee-Dohrmann, Los Angeles. (10 January 1933). Advertisement: "... Beautiful lamps of all descriptions... Bradley [&] Hubbard... " [with possibly relevant illustrations of floor lamps]. Los Angeles Times, p. 2. (Viewed 10 June 2019. F00809).

  • See worldcat.org for locations.

1934 - design catalogue (reprint)

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1934). Distinctive metalware for home and office [catalogue no. 215.] [Reprint 199?]. 48 pp. (Updated 29 April 2017. A00604; AAA00349. DM.)

1934 - newspaper article

(19 September 1934). Charles T. Davis named President of B. and H. Co. Meriden Record, p. 1, column 4. (Viewed 14 September 2017. A02826; G00398-400.)

1934 - spotlighted advertisement - B & H in New York Housewares Show

(30 July 1934). Advertisement: "Housewares show exhibitors; Hotel Pennsylvania, July 29 - August 4... Bradley Hubbard Mfg. Co. ... Fireplace equip., table dec., acc.— Tantalus sets..." [with no illustration]. [Also, small New York House Furnishings Show advertisement on the page.] New York Times, p. 20. (Viewed 13 April 2020. F00811).

  • See worldcat.org for locations.

1934 - advertisement

Jordan Marsh, Boston, MA. (7 January 1934). Advertisement: "... High Grade Lamps... Almost all of these lamps were made by the Bradley-Hubbard Company, known the country over for lamps of artistic design... " [with possibly relevant illustration showing three lamps]. Daily Boston Globe, p. B2. (Viewed 10 June 2019. F00810).

  • See worldcat.org for locations.

1934 - patent - design for a cigarette server

Alfred P. Hirschfeld & William O. Tuckerman, assignors to Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (17 April 1934; filed 8 November 1933). Design no. 92001; serial no. 49,676: Design for a cigarette server. (Viewed 27 March 2018. AAA01574).

1934-35 - exhibition brochure - B&H in Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (1934). Contemporary American industrial art exhibition brochure [5 November 1934 - 6 January 1935; exhibited design: Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (undated). Cast iron (p. 17)]. 36 pp. (Updated 2 December 2018. A00346.)

1935 - spotlighted advertisement - B&H lamps from "Brides’s House"

J. N. Adams & Co., Buffalo, NY. (15 August 1935). Advertisement: "New lamps from the famous ’Bride’s House’. These are the Bradley & Hubbard lamps chosen by the magazine ’House Beautiful’ for their model home ’The Bride’s House’, a show-place of Madison Avenue, New York. ... " [with three illustrations of the lamps]. Buffalo Courier-Express (New York), p. 3, col. 4. (Viewed 8 May 2020. H01447).

1935 - spotlighted advertisement - B&H at New York Gift Show

New York Gift Show / Bradley & Hubbard. (21 August 1935). Advertisement: "New York Gift Show Exhibitors, Hotel Pennsylvania— Aug. 19 to 23.... Bradley-Hubbard Mfg. Co., 200 5th Av. (524 Hotel Penn.).. Something original— cocktail or smokers’ trays on pedestals... " New York Times, p. 37. (Viewed 10 June 2019. F00813-14).

  • See worldcat.org for locations.

1935 - advertisement

Jordan Marsh, Boston, MA. (13 January 1935). Advertisement: "... Only because Bradley-Hubbard, one of the best-known manufacturers of metal lamps, is discontinuing a number of styles, are we able to make the spectacular sale! ... " [with up to four abstract illustrations of lamps]. Daily Boston Globe, p. A3. (Viewed 10 June 2019. F00812).

  • See worldcat.org for locations.


1936 articles

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1936 - news brief

(17 April 1936). Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. [short company profile]. The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 25 November 2020. R01493).

1936 - article mention

(17 April 1936). Meriden’s history day by day for 50 years [with mention: "1915; March 18— Clarence P. Bradley elected president of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co."]. The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 26 November 2020. F01936).

1936 - article mention

(17 April 1936). The year each business was established [with mention: "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. Est. 1854"]. The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 25 November 2020. F01935).

1936 - article mention

(17 April 1936). Chronological list of business firms [with mention: "1854— Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. ... "]. The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 26 November 2020. F01934).



1936 - spotlighted advertisement

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (17 April 1936). [Large] advertisement: "... Established 1854; Manufacturers of Castings: Grey iron, Brass, Bronze, Aluminum, Spelter; Contract Machining: Polishing, Plating, Stamping; Lighting fixtures: Residential, Ecclesiastical, Institutional; Architectural Metal Work: Bank and office railings; grilles, tablets, etc., in brass; bronze, iron and aluminum; Lamps: Floor, Table, Desk; Andirons: Iron and Brass; Metal Goods; Bronzes... " [with no illustrations]. The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 13 July 2021. R01492).


1936 advertisements

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1936 - advertisement

Pirson’s, Buffalo, NY. (15 April 1936). Advertisement: "... Bradley & Hubbard Lamps, Table, Floor and Bridge style... " [with no related illustrations]. Buffalo Courier-Express (New York), p. 11, cols. 1-3. (Viewed 14 May 2020. H01512).

1936 - advertisement

Kobler & Miller Co. (4 June 1936). Advertisement: "... 60 new lamps in many styles and colors. Nearly all are genuinely Rembrandt or Bradley & Hubbard... " [with no related illustrations]. Buffalo Evening News (New York), p. 14, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 14 May 2020. H01513).



1938 - spotlighted advertisement - possible display / exhibit at G. Fox & Co., Hartford

G. Fox & Co., Hartford, CT. (25 April 1938). Advertisement: "... G. Fox & Co. features ’Connecticut Made’ products all week... Floor Lamps of Quality... Made in Meriden" [company or companies unspecified, probably Bradley & Hubbard or Miller Company]. Hartford Courant, p. 9. (Viewed 25 October 2018. C00318-19).

  • See worldcat.org for locations.


1940s

c. 1940 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Company, Bradley & Hubbard Division. (c. 1940). Brochure with Rayo lamp. Number of pages unknown. No copy in a lending library known to exist. Viewed 23 July 2016. [AAA00038].

c. 1940 - design catalogue excerpt

Charles Parker Company, Bradley & Hubbard Division. (c. 1940). One reprinted page from brochure with Rayo lamp (c. 1940). In The Parker Story (p. 933), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 29 April 2017. AAA00038; A00650. DM.)

c. 1945 - company information booklet

Charles Parker Co. (c. 1945). An account of the past and the present activities of the Charles Parker Company and the Bradley & Hubbard Division. 28 pp. unnumbered. (Updated 4 May 2017. A00480; AAA00015. DM.)


1960s

1968 articles

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1968 - article mention

Revi, Albert Christian. (March 1968). American Art Nouveau lamps (part one) [with mention and five illustrations of Bradley & Hubbard lamps]. Spinning Wheel, pp. 15-7. (Viewed 21 July 2021. R01567).

1968 - article mention

Revi, Albert Christian. (April 1968). American Art Nouveau lamps (part two) [with mention and illustration of lamp with Bradley and Hubbard base]. Spinning Wheel, pp. 24-6. (Viewed 22 July 2021. R01591).



1969 - magazine article mention

Hogan, E. P. (September 1969). Victorian silverplate oil lamps. Spinning Wheel, pp. 10-12. (Viewed 11 November 2017. AAA00697.)

Illustrations:
> Six lamps by Meriden Britannia Co. (1882, 1886), plus 10 illustrations of lamps from their c. 1855 catalogue;
> Three lamps by Meriden Silver Plate Co. ( c. 1888, c. 1896);
> One lamp by Rogers, Smith & Co. (1882);
> Three lamps by Wilcox Silver Plate Co., two with Rochester burners (by Edward Miller & Co.) (1886);
> Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (lamp maker and burner supplier) also mentioned.

  • Offline - "Meriden - Industries - Silver" file, Meriden Public Library, CT.
  • See worldcat.org for other locations.


1970s

1974 - article mention

Hogan, E. P. (April 1974). The inventive W. W. Lyman of Meriden, Conn. [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard]. Spinning Wheel, pp. 14-7. (Viewed 14 July 2021. R01505).

1978 - article mention

Hogan, E. P. (April 1978). 19th century call bells in silverplate. Spinning Wheel, pp. 16-17+. (Viewed 11 November 2017. AAA00698.)

Illustrations:
> Meriden Britannia Co.: 8 call bells from 1861 catalogue; 3 figural call bells from their 1878 catalogue; 18 call bells from their 1886 catalogue;
> Also, Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company; Derby Silver Company; Meriden Bronze Company; Meriden Silver Plate Co.; Middletown Plate Co.; Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.; Wilcox Silver Plate Co.

  • Offline - "Meriden - Industries - Silver" file, Meriden Public Library, CT.
  • See worldcat.org for other locations.


1980s

1980 - secondary source

Hogan, Edmund P. (1980). "Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co." mentions, [pp. 24 (as possible call bell supplier to silver companies), 123 (as burner supplier to silver companies selling lamps), 173 (as probable high-volume customer of Meriden Flint Glass Company), 177 (specific purchase from MFGC)]. In The elegance of old silver plate and some personalities. (Updated 19 April 2017. DM.)

1986-87 - B&H in Met exhibition

Burke, Doreen Bolger, et al. (1986). In pursuit of beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement . [Book published in conjunction with exhibition.] Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (Viewed 14 November 2016. A00721; A00977.)

1987-88 - exhibition labels - possibly B&H / Meriden Flint Glass Co. in Hartford exhibition

Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford. (c. 1987). Exhibition labels / checklist for A decade of collecting Connecticut industrial arts (1 December 1987 - 31 August 1988). [The list might be incomplete.] [Possibly exhibited: B&H. (1880-85). Stand (with perceived Meriden Flint Glass Co. ceramic / glass inlay. CT Historical Society collection).] (Viewed 25 November 2018. B01209-17; B01219-20).

  • Offline - exhibition labels / checklist - Connecticut Historical Society, curatorial area, Hartford.
  • Offline - pre-exhibition planning documentation, 6 pp. [including notations of MFGC and stand] - Connecticut Historical Society archive, Hartford.

1988 - secondary source

Vumbaco, Brenda J. (1988). On Bradley & Hubbard, [pp. 34 (Walter Hubbard’s house), 35 (Nathaniel L. Bradley house), 36, 56, 76 (Bradley Home, bequest of Clarence P. Bradley), 132]. Also see Hubbard Park]. In Meriden – Connecticut crossroads: An illustrated history. 144 pages. Windsor Publications: Northridge, CA. (Updated 19 April 2017. A00804. DM.)

1989 - newsletter article

Wenrich, Jeanne. (June 1989). The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. (Updated 13 August 2020. A02856-57. DM.)

  • See worldcat.org for possible locations.


1990s

1996 - secondary source

Stamm, Richard. (1996). "The Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company and the merchandising of the Arts and Crafts Movement in America", (pp. 183-98). In The substance of style: Perspectives on the American Arts and Crafts Movement, Bert Decker, (Ed.). Winterthur Museum, Delaware, 469 pp. (Viewed 15 March 2016. A00102.)

1997 - exhibition brochure - Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. at Museum of American Glass

LeCleire Taylor, Gay. (1997). Slivers of light: Rich cut oil lamps (exhibition catalogue). Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ. 12 pp. [Including: C. Dorflinger & Sons (cut glass) / Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (duplex burner). (undated). Low banquet lamp.] (Updated 18 November 2018. A00757-58; A02454).

1999-2000 - B&H in Utica and Cincinnati exhibitions

D’Ambrosio, Anna Tobin. (1999). Masterpieces of American furniture from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute exhibition catalogue / book. 171 pp. [Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, New York (2 May - 31 October 1999) and the Cincinnati Art Museum (18 February - 28 May 2000); exhibited design: Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (c. 1880-85). Stand. (MWPAI collection)]. (Updated 22 November 2018. DM; A00959-61.)


2000s

2005 - article mention

Mohr, Richard D. (January-February 2005). Art glass [with mention and photo of Bradley & Hubbard brass sconce, (p. 72)]. Old House Journal, pp. 72-77. (Viewed 26 July 2020. L01842-43).

2005-07 - B&H in exhibition

D’Ambrosio, Anna Tobin. (2005). Brass Menagerie: Metalwork of the Aesthetic Movement, (catalog of exhibition held at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, and Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York, NY). Includes "Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company", section pp. 33-41: "one of the best known names for late nineteenth century lighting and household metal goods". (Updated 19 April 2017. A00008-09; A00962-63. DM.)

2005 - secondary source

D’Ambrosio, Anna Tobin. (October 2005). American art brass. [Includes design and information about B&H.] The magazine Antiques, pp. 100-09. Viewed 26 January 2017. [AAA00562]

2007 - article on B&H research at Smithsonian

Smith, Donald. (Winter 2007). Smithsonian Castle holds a well-documented collection of Bradley & Hubbard lamps. Inside Smithsonian Research, pp. 8-9. Viewed 9 August 2017. A02815-16.)


2010s

2010-12 - B&H in Smithsonian exhibition

(c. 2010). Bradley and Hubbard: Masters of Metal Work (2010-12) micro-site. Castle Collection, Smithsonian, Washington, DC. (Viewed 10 March 2016. A00007.)

c. 2010 - patents

Stamm, Richard (compiler). (c. 2010). 238 Bradley & Hubbard patents. (Updated 13 August 2020. A00059; A00146.)

  • Offline - Smithsonian Institution.
  • Also, for patent #914.804, 9 March 1909, Reuben F. Crooke, click here.

2010 - secondary source

Franco, Janis Leach. (2010). Various mentions / photos concerning B&H. In: Meriden. Arcadia Publishing: Charleston, SC. (Viewed 15 December 2016. A02438. DM.)
> Photo showing Bradley & Hubbard building, flooding on Hanover Street (1938), (p. 25);
> Bradley & Hubbard advert (salesrooms: New York - 21 Barclay Street, 26 Park Place; Boston - 184 Franklin Street; Chicago - 88 Wabash Avenue), (p. 41);
> Illustration of Nathaniel L. Bradley, (p. 55);
> Photo of Nathaniel L. Bradley mansion (320 Colony Street, Meriden), (p. 97);
> Hubbard mansion (Washington Place, Meriden), (p. 101);
> Bradley Home, established by Clarence P. Bradley, (p. 113).

2011-12 - B&H in Brooklyn Museum exhibition

(c. 2011). 19th-Century Modern at Brooklyn Museum, New York (2 September 2011 - 1 April 2012) exhibition announcement. [Exhibited design by Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.: Stand (1885). (Brooklyn Museum collection).] (Updated 9 November 2018. A00006; L00808.)

2012 - book chapter

NAWCC. (2012). "Bradley and Hubbard Mfg. Co" chapter, "Blinking Eye Clocks" section. In Rolling eye & blinking eye novelty clocks. Columbia, PA: NAWCC. (Viewed 2 September 2017. G00129.)

2014 - newsletter article

Mitchell, Bruce. (June 2014). The Meriden glass industry: A brief history [including mention of Bradley & Hubbard]. Museum of Connecticut Glass website. (Viewed 3 May 2020. H01231).

2015 - encyclopedic-style entry

Miller, Judith. (2015). "Bradley & Hubbard" section [quick overview with photo]. In Miller’s field guide: Glass, p. 204. Octopus Publishing Group: London. (Viewed 13 October 2017. G01402.)

2016 - secondary source

Preece, Robert. (22 February 2016). "Bradley & Hubbard crisis state: Too much of their design history is missing" (Interview of Richard Stamm, curator, Smithsonian Castle Collection).


2020s

2021 - article mention, photo

(4 November 2021). Magnificent pair of two-part, early 20th century Old Paris vases will be in Stevens Auction’s Nov. 13 sale [with mention and photo of brass Bradley & Hubbard Victorian lamp, still oil with dragons]. ArtFixDaily website. (Viewed 5 November 2021. Q00871).

2022 - article mention

Kovel, Terry. (26 January 2022). Moving eye clocks entertaining and timeless [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard clocks]. Wisconsin State Farmer newspaper website. (Viewed 28 January 2022. Q01142).


n. d.

n. d. - two sheets showing electric lamp designs

Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (undated). Two sheets showing lamp designs (possibly one sheet, two sides) [with illustrations of lamp nos. 9124-29]. (Viewed 18 July 2020. L01657-59).

n. d. - design pamphlet

Bradley & Hubbard / (possibly Charles Parker Company). (undated). B & H sheer design (pamphlet). 4 pp. (Viewed 3 November 2017. AAA00684-85.)

n. d. - map

(Undated). Bradley & Hubbard - fire insurance map. (Viewed 15 May 2017. A02437.)

  • Offline - Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, c. 1724-1977, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian, Washington, DC, Box 1, Folder 3, no. 6731.

n. d. - archival folder

Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (undated). Archival folder - various items, unspecified (re: clocks). (Viewed 2 September 2017. G00128.)

n. d. - photos of designs

Bradley & Hubbard. (undated). 20 images / photos – lighting [including nos. 85; 87; 194; 383; 446; 6900; 27400 and 27401 ½ Rayo pendant lamps; 29422 37265]. [Viewed 19 July 2016. A00032-03(-07); A00032-22(-23).]

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Coll., Romaine Trade Catalogs, Box 2, Folder 1.

n. d. - patents

Thelampworks website (compiler). (undated). 89 Bradley & Hubbard patents. (Viewed 10 March 2016. A00060.)

n. d. - secondary source

Stamm, Richard. (undated). "The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company... Masters of Metalwork... A brief company history (1852-1940)". Viewed 27 May 2017. [A02453]

n. d. - marks

Stamm, Richard (compiler). (undated). Bradley & Hubbard marks.

n. d. - bibliography

Stamm, Richard (compiler). (undated). Bradley & Hubbard - bibliography.

n. d. - Wikipedia entry

(undated). "Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company" entry. Wikipedia.org. (Viewed 30 November 2021).



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Footnotes:
[1] Regarding "active 1854-1940", see D’Ambrosio, Anna Tobin. (2005). Brass menagerie: Metalwork of the aesthetic movement. Utica, NY: Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. (ISBN: 0915895293), page 33. Yale University call no. NK7812 D36 2005 (LC) (link to library entry). (See worldcat.org for other locations.) Updated 19 April 2017. [A00692] [DM]

[2] After close review, curator Richard Stamm estimates this catalogue to be dated mid-to-late 1880s (16 MAY 2016). [A00669]

[3] Richard Stamm estimates the publication year as 1896-1900 based on patent information. Also, this brochure is an extended version of the one with the same name that is 27 pages, which has the illustrations but not as much text. [A00728]



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