Ingraham Company

Elias Ingraham founded E. Ingraham Company in 1831 when he opened his Bristol, Connecticut cabinetmaking and clock case design shop. When his business was struck by financial difficulties, he was hired by Ray and Ingraham, who employed him as a case maker and designer, and which later became Brewster and Ingrahams. The company’s name and makeup continued to change; most records between 1884 and 1958 indicate that it did business as E. Ingraham Company; in 1958 the firm dropped the E. and became known as Ingraham Company and ultimately became Ingraham Industries. The company’s products reflected technological and stylistic developments: earlier on, Ingraham produced more traditional pendulum clocks; in... more.