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Società Italiana Ernesto Breda for mechanical construction (afterwards Finanziaria E. Breda - Finance Company E. Breda)

Deposited in 1995 at ISMEC, the historical Archives of the Società Italiana Ernesto Breda preserves:


Patellani, 1945. Rebuilding of Breda
(Patellani Archives)
  • over 600 linear metres of papery documentation (company's books, balances, cash book, job orders, over 120.000 personal files, illustrative material, catalogues, etc.)  concerning  productive and administrative activity \of: Società Italiana of Ernesto Breda (1899-1952) and production section, Finanziaria ernesto Breda (1952 -1980) and subsidiary companies (Breda Aeronautica - Breda Aeronautics -;Breda Elettromeccanica e Locomotive - Breda Electromechanics and Locomotives -; Breda Ferroviaria - Breda Railway- ; Breda Fucine - Breda Forges -; Breda Siderurgica - Breda Ironworks -; Breda Meccanica Bresciana - Breda Mechanical of Brescia -; Breda Meccanica Romana - Breda Mechanical of Rome -; Cantiere Navale Breda - Breda Shipyard -; Istituto Scientifico e Tecnico Breda - Breda Scientific and Technical Institute - ; Servizi Comuni Breda - Breda Common Services-
  • 28.000 photographs taken between the end of 1800 and 1965 (18.000 negatives on glass and 10.000 negatives on film);

  •     almost 20.000 drawings , on tracing paper, heliographic and photographic copies, concerning location plans of Breda properties, projects and products of single production sections;

  •       hundreds of work tools, small machines, mementos, signposts, mechanical parts, products;

  •       hundreds of work tools, small machines, mementos, signposts, mechanical parts, products;

  •       31 motion pictures, 4  video cassettes; 4 testimony of former employees sound recorded;

  •       1000 volumes ( monographs and periodicals) of the company working men's club.

The archives of which the scientific arrangement is in progress, it can be partially consulted by scholars.

In the ISMEC premises it is also possible to visit the permanent  exhibition  La Breda Produce - Breda produces - 1886-1966, that shows  preliminary advertising sketches, workbooks, photographs, original products and miniature models.

               

 Da sinistra: 1.  Motrice tranviaria per la linea Milano-Vaprio (1913);  2.  Manuale d' impiego delle torrette binate Breda montate su aerei da guerra bimotori (1936);  3.  Bozzetto pubblicitario della trebbiatrice Breda (anni '30);   4.  Bozzetto pubblicitario della produzione aerea Breda  (anni '30).