The below picture shows the type of machine first made by Bradbury & Sugden, the founders of Bradbury & Co., Limited. The machine was constructed in Oldham in 1849, patented in the following year and exhibited at the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851.
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BRITISH PATENTS
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APRIL 1857
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1.074 Thomas Sugden and Frederick Sugden
Improvements in Sewing Machines
of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Machinists and Tool Makers, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines. Letters Patent sealed.
April 16, 1857
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SEPTEMBER 1867
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GB 2.609 George Francis Bradbury & Thomas Chadwick
Improvements in Sewing Machines
The first and second parts of our improvements are only applicable to the "Wheeler & Wilson" class of sewing machines, but the third part of our improvements is applicable to other sewing machines as well as to the "Wheeler & Wilson" class.
September 16, 1867
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AUGUST 1868
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GB 2.568 George Francis Bradbury & Thomas Chadwick
Improvements in Sewing Machines
of the firm Bradbury & Co., Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Sewing Machine Manufacturers, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines. Partly a communication to them from abroad by Auguste Serveau, of Brussels, Belgium and partly their own invention. Letters Patent sealed.
August 17, 1868
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