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Warner Brothers
| Name | Warner Brothers |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Broadway 353 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Korsettfabrik |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 114] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1874 |
Gründung |
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bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Korsetts |
1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
Corset Manufacturers |
| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | A prominent house engaged in this trade is that of Messrs. Warner Brothers, which was established in 1874, and since its inception at that period has always obtained a large and liberal patronage in consequence of the unsurpassed quality and character of their manufactures. The ladies who wear corsets boned with cora-line are now counted by the million, and accordingly there is a very general desire to know something about this wonderful material. Coraline is manufactured from ixtle, a plant which grows in Mexico and some parts of South America. In general appearance it greatly resembles the American aloe or century plant, but its leaves are longer and more slender. In the centre of these pulpy leaves are a number of round, tough, elastic fibres like bustles, which are about two feet in length. These leaves are gathered, and are pounded and bruised until these fibres are separated from the pulpy portion, and are then dried and put up into bales and shipped to Messrs. Warner Brothers' factory. Here it is carefully hackled and combed until all the waste material is separated, leaving only the long and perfect fibres. These fibres are then fed into the winding machine and are bound by stout thread into a firm continuous cord. This cord, or cora-line, as it is now called, is then ready to be stitched into the corset, which is done in the same manner as ordinary cord is stitched between folds of cloth. It then undergoes a tempering process by means of heated dies. There is just as much difference between the finest steel and ordinary iron, as between coraline in its natural state and the same article after it has passed through its tempering process. The various cotton and manilla cord imitations of coraline are no more to be compared with this tempered coraline, than lead with the finest tempered steel. Coraline is far superior to whalebone or any other material, and the discovery and development of this most remarkable invention is due to the enterprising firm of Warner Brothers. The success of this house is one of the marvels of business enterprise in this country. The two brothers, who constitute this co-partnership, I. De Ver and Lucien C. Warner, are both regularly educated physicians, and previous to 1874 were employed in the practice of their profession. The effects of badly fitting corsets on the health of women called their attention to this subject, and suggested to them the invention of a corset especially adapted to the wants of lady patients. This met with so great success, that they decided to extend the blessing of properly fitting corsets to the entire community, and giving up a large and lucrative practice, they entered the field of the manufacturer and the merchant. The factory is located at Bridgeport, Connecticut, and occupies a floor space of over two acres and has a frontage on three streets of five hundred and thirty-six feet. It is admirably equipped with all the latest machinery and appliances, and is really a most magnificent series of buildings, employment being provided for one thousand two hundred hands, four-fifths of whom are women. All genuine articles bear the name "Warner Brothers"' on the bottom of the box, and the letters " W. B." on the inside of the steel. The firm likewise possesses a branch establishment, Nos. 141 and 143 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, of which Mr. J. A. Miner is the manager. The goods manufactured by this' concern are sold all over the United States and Canada, and a considerable export trade to Europe has already been established. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 114] |
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