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S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co.
| Name | S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co. |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Chestnut Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Zahnersatzfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Ecke Chestnut und Twelfth Street |
| Quellenangaben | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 116] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1844 |
Gründung durch Samuel S. White an der Ecke Seventh und Race Street |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| künstliche Zähne |
1844 |
Gründung |
1891 |
[Philadelphia (1891) 115] |
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| zahnärztliche Instrumente |
1891 |
[Philadelphia (1891) 115] |
1891 |
[Philadelphia (1891) 115] |
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| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Iu at least one department of industrial enterprise Philadelphia confessedly leads the world. The manufacture of supplies for dentists has for many years had its recognized headquarters here, at the home of the most extensive house engaged in the business in either hemisphere. The foundations of this house, The S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co., were laid in 1844, when the late Dr. Samuel S. White established himself at the corner of Seventh and Race streets
for the manufacture of "mineral teeth", now known as porcelain teeth. The beginning was humble, but Dr. White set out to win success by deserving it. His modest venture gradually expanded into a vast establishment which, like Ben Adhem's name, "led all the rest." After the death of the founder in 1879, the present company was formed with a paid-up capital of $1.000.000, the articles of incorporation bearing date 1881. Its prosperity has been almost unexampled, but it would be strange if a business which builded conscientiously and consistently upon the principle that "the best is the cheapest", as a corner-stone, was not prosperous; especially if, as in this case, it was coupled with far-reaching enterprise, careful, conservative management, keen business insight and foresight, and practical manufacturing judgment. Originating almost contemporaneously with modern dentistry this house has kept pace with this youngest and most vigorous of the professions, the advancement of the one reflecting the growth of the other. Scarcely an important improvement has been made in dental appliances but has had its inception or reached its perfection through this great establishment. The S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co. makes every article used by dentists in their business, from the most delicate broach to the costliest chair. There is perhaps no other business under the sun involving so vast an amount of manufacturing detail, yet throughout the almost endless variety of the products of this house, there is no one thing in which its trade-mark does not carry to the discerning dentist the feeling that it is the standard of quality and fitness. The main house, the home office, is at the southeast corner of Chestnut and Twelfth streets, the building having been specially erected for its uses some twenty-two years ago. The entire manufacturing business was carried on within its walls at first, though even then it led the van in its field of effort. Today the company has three large factories, in which hundreds of people find steady, profitable employment. Branch houses in New York, Boston, Chicago, Brooklyn and Atlanta help to distribute the goods made in these factories, which also are handled by every reputable dealer in dentists' supplies from Philadelphia to far-off Australia. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 116] |
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