The Plumb Memorial Library has received many inquires over the years for information concerning the Whitcomb Metallic Bedstead Company. This page represents the library's collection and resources on this topic. We have made this page so that patrons can find the resources in one location.
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Image and information from page 144 of A Pictorial History of Shelton, CT.
| "The Whitcomb Metallic Bedstead Company was on the canal opposite Wharf Street. No longer standing, it turned out 1500 brass and iron beds weekly. The brass tubing for the bedsteads was cast nearby in the Birmingham Brass Company plant." |
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Image and information from pages 259 and 427 of Ansonia, Derby, Shelton & Seymour Directory 1896-97
| Former Whitcomb Metallic Bedstead Co. address |
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| Advertisement |
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These advertisements are from articles in the New York Times. You can view the full pages at the Library of Congress, American Memory.
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December 7, 1913 pg. 12
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May 3, 1914 pg. 4
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September 20, 1914 pg. 9
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May 2, 1915 pg. 12
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June 6, 1915 pg. 10
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August 29, 1915 pg. 10
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October 17, 1915 pg. 5
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This is an image the from page of The Shelton Booster, April 1910, Vol II, No. 4. Available at the library on microfilm. Click on the individual pictures and sections of text for a larger version.
In the News...
Information from The Shelton Weekly Advance, Saturday July 15, 1893. "Thoughts on Things Around Home". On microfilm.
"The Whitcomb Metallic Bedstead company is to resume work on Monday, 24th inst. It is in order now for some of our Republican papers that have recently been attributing the shutting down of the shops and bad times generally to the change of national administration, to explain why business is again reviving. Mostly any explanation will do. The people are not given much to analyzation."