WE RECIEVED THE LITTLE DAISY LOOM FROM THE FAMILY OF MRS BLANCHE LOWERY (BRAYMER, MO) MRS LOWERY WAS STILL MAKING RUGS ON THE LOOM AS OF 2000. MRS LOWERY TOLD HER FAMILY THAT SHE WANTED THE LOOM TO STAY IN CALDWELL COUNTY. AFTER WE RECIEVED THE LOOM FROM THE LOWERY FAMILY, WE ASKED THE HISTORIC LOOMS OF AMERICA TO RESEARCH THE SERIAL NUMBER OF THE LOOM AND THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATION IS WHAT THEY PROVIDED TO US. WE HAVE THE LOOM ON DISPLAY IN OUR CIRCA 1860 HISTORICAL HOUSE IN KINGSTON, MO. THERE IS A PICTURE OF THE LOOM AS IT IS DISPLAYED IN OUR HISTORICAL HOUSE.
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Greetings
Here is the information about your loom’s original owner:
Your Newcomb Little Daisy, #04723 was sold to Mrs. Lyman R. Ford of Brayner,
Missouri on August 3, 1927. [No other address given.] The ledger listed that she paid
$70.00 for her loom.
Were subsequent owners of this loom noted in the Newcomb ledger? No.
A bit of information about your certificate: the illustration of the Newcomb
Factory in Davenport, Iowa, comes from the original print block used in the
Newcomb Loom catalogues published at the turn of the twentieth century.
The river in the background is the Mississippi, and the land on the far side of
it, is the state of Illinois. Evident in the lower left corner of the picture, is a
horse cart hauling away a newly completed loom [perhaps it was yours!],
and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad line is steaming away in
the foreground. Stacks of raw lumber are piled to the right of the factory,
ready to be made into new looms. Thank you for helping to preserve the
history of one of the most important handloom companies in America, the
Newcomb Loom Company of Davenport, Iowa. We wish you good
weaving!
Historic Looms of
America 10619 Sterling Road
Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284
This certifies that Caldwell County Historical Society
is the owner of a Newcomb Loom: No. 04723, Model:
Little Daisy. This loom was shipped from the
Newcomb factory in Davenport, Iowa, on August 3,
1927, and is hereby registered with the Newcomb
Looms Historical Society on October 29, 2011.
Theresa Lee Trebon Janet Meany
Founders
1986
Certificate No. 817