Back cover: 1892 Davis Sewing Machine Advertising Booklet. Lithography by Schumacher & Ettlinger, N.Y.
The first Davis machines were produced in about 1860 by Job E. Davis himself. The Davis Sewing Machine Company came into existence in about 1868. It was 1924 when the company finally went out of business and changed into the Huffman Manufacturing Company which produced bicycles and not sewing machines.
Leopold C. Schumacher (1849-1914) and Louis Ettlinger (1845-1927) were in business as Schumacher & Ettlinger from 1870 to 1895 and were famous for their cigar box labels and fine lithographic cards. In 1882 Ettlinger commissioned architect Edward E. Raht to erect a modern printing house at 32-36 Bleeker Street in New York City. In 1892 Schumacher & Ettlinger merged with other printers to form the “American Lithographic Company” with Schumacher and Ettlinger as principal officers. The building was enlarged to accommodate the new company and it has changed hands several times since its printing days. After a multimillion-dollar conversion at the dawn of the 21st century, the building now houses luxury condominiums.
Back cover: 1892 Davis Sewing Machine Advertising Booklet. Lithography by Schumacher & Ettlinger, N.Y.
The first Davis machines were produced in about 1860 by Job E. Davis himself. The Davis Sewing Machine Company came into existence in about 1868. It was 1924 when the company finally went out of business and changed into the Huffman Manufacturing Company which produced bicycles and not sewing machines.
Leopold C. Schumacher (1849-1914) and Louis Ettlinger (1845-1927) were in business as Schumacher & Ettlinger from 1870 to 1895 and were famous for their cigar box labels and fine lithographic cards. In 1882 Ettlinger commissioned architect Edward E. Raht to erect a modern printing house at 32-36 Bleeker Street in New York City. In 1892 Schumacher & Ettlinger merged with other printers to form the “American Lithographic Company” with Schumacher and Ettlinger as principal officers. The building was enlarged to accommodate the new company and it has changed hands several times since its printing days. After a multimillion-dollar conversion at the dawn of the 21st century, the building now houses luxury condominiums.