West Haven Buckle Company
SGC nonprofit educational research archive
Edition: September 12, 2026

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A selected research collection centered on West Haven Buckle Company. No verified reusable factory photographs were found; a named engraved portrait, original advertisements and printed records are included. 1887 Atwater says American Buckle & Cartridge formed in 1885 through consolidation; 1892 Rockey and 1918 Hill say Kelsey established it in 1883. Separate 1911 directory identities are certain. Do not narrate a clean merger/succession without charter records.

Includes selected original images, full acquired OCR, source catalog, credits and a SQLite FTS5 database. Complete repository PDFs and modern external articles are linked, not included. Coverage and missing records are described in each collection’s scope and individual item notes.

RESEARCH DATABASE
items stores the catalog; search_fts indexes source text. Example: SELECT id,title FROM search_fts WHERE search_fts MATCH 'history';

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