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4 unusual facts about Elias Howe Company


Elias Howe Company

The founder was not the eponymous and better-known inventor of the sewing machine but a contemporary and possibly a distant relative.

The principals at that time were Elias's sons Willam H. and Edward F. Howe, who served as president and treasurer, respectively, and their sister Harriet Howe who was the company bookkeeper.

Although most of the goods for offer were related to violin-family instruments, the catalog also includes lines of guitars and mandolins.

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The top bulge is reminiscent of the design used on Howe-Orme instruments, also built by a Boston firm, the Elias Howe Company.



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