Portrait of John McClary
DateEarly 20th Century
Dimensions17.6 cm x 22.8 cm
Credit LineCollection of Museum London, 1999.
Object number1999.011.190
Label TextIn 1852, John McClary joined his brother Oliver's tinsmith business, launched in 1847. As J. & O. McClary, they soon added a foundry and produced “all kinds of stoves, tinners’ supplies, pressed japanned and spliced wares.” They formed the McClary Manufacturing Company in 1871 and produced stoves, agricultural implements, as well as tin, copper, and pressed metal wares.
NamePhotograph
c. 1880
George Speake
c. 1905
January 1, 1917