WWI US Army H.L. Judd Co. Cast Metal Photo Frame Eagle Flag Sword Cannon #9443

Description

This is for a World War I Era United States Military H.L. Judd, Wallingford, Conn. Cast Metal Photo Frame. Embossed on the backside. # 9443. No mfg. marks. Glass Glaze. Cardboard backing. It is in very, very good used collectible condition. Mild stains and scuffs. Very nice condition. It measures  approx. 9 1/4" x 6 1/2" x 1 1/8".
9443PF
Historic Narrative
Deacon and blacksmith Morton Judd (1808-1901) of New Britain opened a small machine shop and forge with his brother Oliver S. Judd around 1830 to make harness hames. After selling a portion of the business to Henry North (later the North and Judd Mfg. Co.), the firm began to make drapery, window and picture hardware. In 1862 Morton and sons Albert, Edward and Hubert, moved operations to New Haven, reorganizing as the Judd Manufacturing Company. Around 1875, Judd Manufacturing moved to the plant’s present location in Wallingford. At about the same time, the firm opened a branch in Brooklyn where upholsterer's hardware was made. The Brooklyn branch was incorporated in 1884 as H. L. Judd and Company (with Hubert at the helm), and bought out Judd Manufacturing. In 1880, the company opened a wood turning mill to produce curtain poles in Chattanooga, Tennessee; in 1928, a factory for 'artistic wrought iron drapery hardware and art metal goods' was established in Los Angeles, California. In 1954, the Stanley Works of New Britain, Connecticut, purchased H.L. Judd and Company and absorbed its manufacturing operations and approximately 600 workers; it was renamed the Stanley-Judd Company. Stanley-Judd Company drapery products remained strong through the 1970s but operations were shut down shortly thereafter. In 1989, the factory was redeveloped as the Judd Square Condominiums.