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John Milton GREIST
The Greist Mfg. Co., Westville, New Haven, Conn., inc. 1872
museumofcthistory.org
Greist Manufacturing Company was founded by John M. Greist, an inventor who was employed by Singer to design sewing machine attachments. Greist is the inventor behind the iconic "Puzzle Box" attachments kit for Singer treadle machines. The patent was filed in 1889 by Greist but assigned to Singer. Greist Manufacturing Company went on to produce sewing machine attachments for many different sewing machine makers, including Morse and White. oldsewinggear.com
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Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.
John Milton GREIST
The Greist Mfg. Co., Westville, New Haven, Conn., inc. 1872
museumofcthistory.org
Greist Manufacturing Company was founded by John M. Greist, an inventor who was employed by Singer to design sewing machine attachments. Greist is the inventor behind the iconic "Puzzle Box" attachments kit for Singer treadle machines. The patent was filed in 1889 by Greist but assigned to Singer. Greist Manufacturing Company went on to produce sewing machine attachments for many different sewing machine makers, including Morse and White. oldsewinggear.com
Postcard
Posted in the Past: Revealing the true stories written on a postcard
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New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)
Yale College
American Scenery,
by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1840
According to the early histories of Yale, a group of ten ministers led by the Reverend James Pierpont of New Haven met in nearby Branford in 1700 to found a college...
In 1718, when wealthy London merchant Elihu Yale—step grandson of Theophilus Eaton, co-founder of the New Haven colony—donated over 400 books, a portrait of King George I, and cloth goods that sold for 562 pounds, the college was named Yale College...
guides.library.yale.edu

New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)
The Gothic Church
American Scenery,
by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1840

New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)
East Rock Park, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
East Rock Park was the first park in the municipal parks system of New Haven. It opened in 1880. newhavenmuseum.org

