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Porter, Crofut & Hodgkinson
| Name | Porter, Crofut & Hodgkinson |
| Ortssitz | Orange (N.J.) |
| Straße | Commerce Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hutfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Commerce Street, corner Railroad. Manufacturers of Fur Hats |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 752] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1879 |
Gründung |
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Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Hüte |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
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| ZEIT | 1882 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Among the important manufactures located in Orange is that of the firm of Porter, Crofut & Hodgkinson, which is located at the corner of Commerce Street and Railroad Avenue. The establishment consists of a main building 50x100 feet dimensions, three stories in height, and a number of smaller buildings adjoining each other. A thirty-five-horse power engine and two large boilers, together with a great variety of special machinery and appliances, are in use, and a force of about seventy-five workmen are employed in the different departments. The line of production comprises all kinds of soft fur hats for all classes of trade, a specialty being made of fancy colors, which find their way to every section of the country and Mexico through the wholesale house at No. 104 Greene Street, New York. Mr. J. B. Porter, Mr. B. S. Crofut, and Mr. T. A. Hodgkinson, the members of the firm, are practical men to the business and have been engaged in it as a firm since 1879, and produce some of the finest hats made in the vicinity of Orange, which always find a ready sale in all the leading markets. The members of the firm are well known in this section as liberal, substantial business men, and are esteemed for the active interest they have always taken in every enterprise that has for its object the advancement and prosperity of Orange. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 752] |
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