From February 1920 "Machinery"

This firm made metal lathes from 1918 until the early 1920s. Their timing was poor: at the end of World War I, in November 1918, the machine tool industry entered a depression that lasted several years and it seems likely that this new business was unable to survive.

Information Sources

• The 1914 edition of R. L. Polk & Co.'s Trow New York Copartnership and Corporation Directory, Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx list "Victor Lathe Co. (R.T.N.) (Edwin C. Wilkins) 211 Centre". Wilkins' name appeared 28 times in this directory. He was listed as 2nd Vice President and Director of "Patterson, Gottfried & Hunter Limited, 213 Centre". Patterson, Gottfried & Hunter Limited was a machinery dealer. In 1913 or thereabouts, they sent bankrupt, reorganized and refinanced, and then seem to have disappeared. The connection between PG&H Ltd. and Victor Lathe Co. is a subject for further research.
• Article in February 1918 Machinery on the Victor 9-inch engine lathe. The weight of the bench model, i.e., without legs, was 450 lbs.
• Ads in 1919-1920 issues of Machinery. The earliest ad we found was in the August 1919 issue. Their address was 151 Lafayette Street, New York.
• An owwm.org discussion provides machine pictures and pointers to other discussions.