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Manufacturers Index - Witherby, Rugg & Richardson
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In addition to photos of machinery, we also host other images related to manufacturers of old woodworking machinery. Most images are scans of things like ads, articles on the company or historical photos related to the manufacturer. Photos of individual machines made by this company should be submitted to the Photo Index above.

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03/27/2005 1860s Broadside From the Smithsonian Institution web site; it is part of the "Doodles, Drafts and Designs: Industrial Drawings from the Smithsonian". Thanks for Neil Peters for bringing it to our attention.
02/17/2023 1868 ad - Woodworth planers and wood-working machinery 1868 Briggs & Co.'s New Hampshire Business Directory
02/20/2017 1868 Article-Bartlett's Patent Power Mortiser Scientific American. / New Series, Volume 18, Issue 12; Mar 21, 1868; p. 177
10/26/2023 1870 ad - represented by C. Edward Copeland, New York 1870 Ashcroft's Rail Road Diretory
02/21/2017 1871 Article-Witherby, Rugg & Richardson, Tenoning Machine Manufacturer & Builder, V3, Jan 1871, pg. 16
02/18/2003 1871 planer ad Manufacturer and builder / Volume 3, Issue 12; December 1871; p. 290
10/12/2022 1872 article - Farrar planer July 1872 Manufacturer & Builder, page 152
02/20/2017 1872 Article-26" or 30" planer for large timbers Manufacturer and builder / Volume 4, Issue 7; July 1872; p. 152
02/20/2017 1875 Article-Improved planer-matcher Manufacturer and builder / Volume 7, Issue 9; September 1875; p. 208
08/27/2003 1876 Ad - Wood-Working Machinery Scientific American, Vol. XXXV - No. 22. Nov. 25, 1876. Pg. 348.
05/16/2022 1880 Ad-Witherby, Rugg & Richardson, Woodworth Planing, Tonguing & Grooving Machine Illustrated Business Guide of the City of Worcester, Mass., 1880, pg. 90
11/27/2011 1883 Ad - Scientific American "Scientific American", Vol. XLVIII, No. 12, March 24th, 1883, Pg. 190.
03/08/2010 1883 factory view Unknown
02/19/2003 1885 Ad - Wood Working Machinery "Carpentry and Building", Vol. VII, No. 4. April, 1885. pg. iii.
03/08/2010 1887 ad - Woodworth Planing, Tongueing and Grooving Machine October 1887 Carpentry & Building
02/18/2003 1889 Ad - Wood-Working Machinery "The Woodworker", May 1889, pg. Front cover.
02/27/2024 1889 Article,Planing, Tongueing, and Grooving Machine "Another" The Wood-Worker, Vol. 7 No. 5. Jul. 1889. pg 10.
08/14/2019 1890 Ad "Seeger and Guernsey's Cyclopaedia of the Manufactures and Products of the U.S.," 1890, Sec II, Pg. 152.
03/13/2006 1894 Ad - Improved Woodworking Machinery "Carpentry and Building". Vol. XVI, NO. 9. Sep. 1894. Courtesy of Jeff Burks.
06/06/2004 1898 Ad - Wood-Working Machinery "The Wood-Worker" Vol. XVII, No. 3. May 1898. Pg. 5.
02/25/2003 1899 Ad - New 12-Inch Four-Side Molder "Carpentry and Building". Vol. XXI, No. 3. March 1899. Pg. iii.