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William H. Brower
| Name | William H. Brower |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Broadway 955 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Florist |
| Anmerkungen | Adresse (um 1884): Nos. 955 Broadway und 185 Fifth Avenue. Bezeichnet als "Floral Artist". |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 250] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1826 |
Geburt von Mr. Brower |
| 1854 |
Gründung |
| 1861 |
Verlegung zum Broadway 955 |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
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Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Blumenschmuck |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | An interesting feature of the growth of the mercantile interests of the metropolis is the magnitude and extent of the florist business. The representative and oldest established florist in the city to-day is Mr. William H. Brower, whose elegant and directly central establishment is located at No. 955 Broadway, and extends directly through the block to No. 185 Fifth Avenue, forming a spacious and most eligible place of business, fronting on the city's two leading thoroughfares. Mr. Brower, though still a young looking and wonderfully well-preserved gentleman in the prime of life, founded his business as far back as thirty years ago, and has during the intervening period built up a trade and a reputation of the best possible character. He was first located under the St. Nicholas Hotel, but since 1861 has been permanently established in his present unsurpassed quarters. The growth of his business has been rapid and constant, and it has now assumed proportions of the greatest magnitude, Mr. Brower now doing more business in one day than was done in two weeks along in the fifties. Some idea of the magnitude of his trade at the present time may be gathered when it is stated that he required the products of ten large greenhouses right along, to meet the wants of his customers. Cut flowers are his specialty, and in these he has the greatest profusion of all the choicest decorative and fragrant varieties. His is strictly a first-class line of trade. His establishment is central to the residences of the wealthiest and most prominent people of the city, and it is their permanent patronage that he caters to. Mr. Brower is a florist of vast practical experience and excellent taste in the preparation of elegant and artistic decorative floral emblems and devices, and regularly provides the flowers for weddings, parties, funerals, etc., in the most fashionable circles in the city. To promptly meet all the requirements of his numerous customers, Mr. Brower employs a large staff of assistants and annually transacts an enormous business. He is a native of New York, and as we before remarked, is so youthful-looking that no one could credit the fact that he was born in 1826. He is a public-spirited popular citizen, a leader of talent and skill in his profession, and one whose large concern is at once a permanent source of credit both to himself and the city in which it is so permanently located. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 250] |
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