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Bridgeport Die & Machine Company of Bridgeport, Conn. U.S. record pressing plant active ca. 1918-1925. The Bridgeport Die & Machine Company was founded in 1912 and entered the record business around 1918, when it produced copper-plated masters for [l464821]. At that time, B. D. & M. did not have its own presses, and metal parts were shipped to NYRL's pressing plant in Grafton, WI. By April, 1921 B.D. & M. had its own record presses and began to actively solicit pressing business. Under an agreement with NYRL, the B.D. & M. Company pressed the [l464792] label beginning in 1921, and a new series of [l93131]-derived [l160872] records for northeastern and mid-Atlantic distribution. It also licensed NYRL's [l93131] masters for use on its own line of client labels (e.g. Baldwin, Belvedere, Carnival, Chautauqua, [l861533] and numerous other minor 1920s labels.) In 1924, B.D. & M. shifted to the Emerson Recording Laboratories as its primary supplier of masters and began drawing upon material from the [l335126] and [l456549] pool. The company declared bankruptcy in July, 1925. However, several of its labels were taken over by other manufacturers.