By LISA CAPOBIANCO STAFF WRITER When looking back on the history of Bristol, one word may come to mind for people who grew up in the city: manufacturing. Whether talking about the products made by the E. Ingraham Company or New Departure, firms that employed thousands of people in the city, guests walking through the Bristol Public Library History Room can step back in time through the photographs, postcards, and books that show the community’s industrial past. Currently, the Bristol Room has added a new feature for local residents to learn even more about the manufacturing history of Bristol: a display case of over a dozen pieces of silverware made by the American Silver Company. Shared anonymously by a Bristol resident with an interest in Bristol-made products, the display provides the community an exclusive look at the type of silverware that the company manufactured from creamers to coffee pots to candelabras. The items date back to the Victorian era. “It was an industrial center, and that has vanished in the past 20 to 25 years,” said Bristol Room volunteer Tom LaPorte, adding how the silverware in the display case was affordable. “People that are new to Bristol don’t realize this, [...]
By LISA CAPOBIANCO STAFF WRITER When looking back on the history of Bristol, one word may come to mind for people who grew up in the city: manufacturing. Whether talking about the products made by the E. Ingraham Company or New Departure, firms that employed thousands of people in the city, guests walking through the Bristol Public Library History Room can step back in time through the photographs, postcards, and books that show the community’s industrial past. Currently, the Bristol Room has added a new feature for local residents to learn even more about the manufacturing history of Bristol: a display case of over a dozen pieces of silverware made by the American Silver Company. Shared anonymously by a Bristol resident with an interest in Bristol-made products, the display provides the community an exclusive look at the type of silverware that the company manufactured from creamers to coffee pots to candelabras. The items date back to the Victorian era. “It was an industrial center, and that has vanished in the past 20 to 25 years,” said Bristol Room volunteer Tom LaPorte, adding how the silverware in the display case was affordable. “People that are new to Bristol don’t realize this, [...]