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Meinig Glove Factory, Reading Pennsylvania

Meinig Glove Factory, Reading Pennsylvania

The Meinig Glove Factory was established in 1906 as a separately incorporated subsidiary of the Nolde and Horst Company, Reading's first hosiery manufacturer. A pioneer in the United States manufacture of ladies' fine silk gloves and Reading's only specialist glove firm from 1911 to post-World War II, the Meinig Company represents the contribution of a small family-controlled business to an epic era in United States glove manufacturing. Together with Nolde and Horst, who served as the technological catalyst and venture capitalist for the younger firm, the Meinig Company was a vehicle for the significant contributions made by immigrant Germans in the post-1880 growth and prosperity of the region which had already enjoyed a long history of German culture. Virtually pocketed within

Life Savers Building, Port Chester New York

Life Savers Building, Port Chester New York

Old Life Savers Candy Factory now Condos

The Life Savers Building is associated with one of the most famous and enduring American brands of candy, the Life Saver. Designed and built by the noted industrial engineering firm of Lockwood, Greene and Co. in 1920, the structure embodies distinctive characteristics of early concrete construction technology and contemporary eclectic architectural design. The incorporation of Life Savers imagery in the ornamentation of the principal facades reflects the expanding role of product identification in corporate design, particularly as innovative packaging and promotion contributed enormously to Life Savers candies' commercial success. While the candy was first made c. 1913, the distinctive Life Savers packaging was developed and promoted by Edward J. Noble during the late nineteen-teens. The Port Chester facility was constructed in

Mott Mill, Yonkers New York

Mott Mill, Yonkers New York

Located on the east side of the Hudson River, north of New York City, Yonkers was designated as one of the 20 townships of Westchester County. Yonkers lies along the Hudson River and occupies approximately 17 1/2 square miles of Lower Westchester County. Several Native American tribes lived in what is now Westchester County by the 17^th Century, primarily the Mohicans. The Rechgawawancks sold the land that encompasses Yonkers to Adrian Van der Donck in 1646. Details of Indian settlement in this neighborhood of Yonkers are not known. Early Euro-American settlements in Yonkers were largely agriculturally based and this was the site of a Dutch patroonship, or large farm. Beginning in the late eighteenth century, the Nepperhan River provided a source

Annala Round Barn, Hurley Wisconsin

Annala Round Barn, Hurley Wisconsin

The Annala Round Barn and Milkhouse, built in 1917-21 and circa 1928, respectively, is a rare example of fieldstone construction applied to the once popular round barn style of architecture. In 1902, Matthew Annala, one of the five original Finnish families to settle in rural Hurley, homesteaded the land where the barn is located. Like most of the Finnish immigrants who came to northern Wisconsin between 1890 and 1910, Annala settled there with the goal of farming the cutover stump left from logging days. In doing so he helped form a thriving Finnish enclave that later became Oma (our home) Township. A carpenter and mason by trade, Annala had built several area structures, including the Oma School, which now serves as

Blatz Brewery, Milwaukee Wisconsin

Blatz Brewery, Milwaukee Wisconsin

The Blatz Brewery rose from humble beginnings in 1852, when Valentine Blatz brewed 350 barrels, to become the third largest of Milwaukee's international giants of the industry. Valentine Blatz was born in Mittenberg-on-the-Main. The son of a Bavarian brewer, he worked in Milwaukee for three years as brewmaster in John Braun's small brewery located where the Blatz Stockhouse No. 3 is now. After Braun died in 1851, Blatz married Braun's widow and took over the business. At first, Milwaukee brewers, including Blatz, manufactured their brew strictly for the local population, partly because of the lack of proper refrigeration techniques and partly because of the short shelf life of beer at the time. Little by little many Americans grew to prefer the

Garton Toy Company, Sheboygan Wisconsin

Garton Toy Company, Sheboygan Wisconsin

The Garton Toy Company was founded in Sheboygan in 1879 by Eusebius Bassingdale Garton. Garton first settled in Sheboygan Falls in 1863, along with two brothers, originally from Ontario, Canada. He first worked in Sheboygan Falls driving an ox team for the Richardson Brothers planing mill. He then worked for J. J. Zufelt, manufacturing wagon wheel hubs until June 1873, when he took the foremanship of a department in the Sheboygan Manufacturing Company in Sheboygan, a planing mill and box factory on 8^th Street north of the bridge. He worked there until 1878, when he accepted the foremanship of one of the divisions in the Sheboygan Carriage Company, where he got his first experience in toy manufacturing. The following year, in

Rosenburg's Department Store, Santa Rosa California

Rosenburg's Department Store, Santa Rosa California

The ancestor of Rosenberg's Department Store was founded by Max Rosenberg (1863-1944) in 1896. Called the Red Front Store, it was a small clothing establishment. Burned out in the 1906 earthquake and fire, it reopened ten days later in a temporary shack with stock from salesmen's sample trunks. The store was soon rebuilt at Fourth and B Streets, and renamed Rosenberg's Department Store. Max's son Fred S. Rosenberg (1886-1965) joined the firm, and together father and son invested in real estate all over the county, especially in Santa Rosa. In 1921-1922 they constructed Santa Rosa's only prewar skyscraper, the Rosenberg Building at Fourth and Mendocino. Max retired in 1925 but remained active; Fred managed the business from then on. Rosenberg's had

Geyserville Union School, Geyserville California

Geyserville Union School, Geyserville California

From its completion in 1921 to its abandonment, Geyserville Union School served as a major social, cultural, and educational center for the town of Geyserville and the surrounding rural countryside. The building was the first poured concrete structure in Geyserville and is a fine example of a rather unusual method of construction so early in the twentieth century. In 1919, the Geyserville Unified School District commissioned Henry Smith to develop plans for a building that could serve all major educational/community needs. The gymnasium served as a community center for social affairs and a program of lectures presented by the University of California. The school also provided post-high school educational opportunities for rural Sonoma residents. The construction of Geyserville Union School indicated

Petaluma Silk Mill - Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma California

Petaluma Silk Mill - Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma California

Since 1892, the Petaluma Silk Mill, now Sunset Line & Twine Company, has been a prominent architectural landmark of the Petaluma industrial waterfront. Charles I. Havens (1849-1916), pioneer San Francisco architect, designed the industrial building, reminiscent of the Victorian New England mills. The enlargements, the first after the 1906 earthquake and the second in 1922, designed by noted Petaluma architect Brainerd Jones, were of compatible styling with the earlier portion of the mill. Sericulture, and more successfully, silk manufacturing were late 19th-century manifestations of efforts in California to develop industry in the state. When San Francisco's Carlson-Currier Silk Manufacturing Company announced plans to relocate, in the early 1890s, enterprising Petaluma businessmen launched a successful community campaign to entice the mill to

HCS Motor Car Company, Indianapolis Indiana

HCS Motor Car Company, Indianapolis Indiana

The HCS Motor Car Company factory building at 1402 North Capitol Avenue is the site where HCS automobiles and later HCS taxi cabs were manufactured from 1921 to 1927. The manufacture of automobiles, automobile parts and the sale of automobiles in Indianapolis was an important part of the City s industrial development, particularly in the first half of the twentieth century. Up until the late nineteenth century the City's industrial importance was agricultural in nature, slaughtering and meat packing were the number one industry in 1890. The automobile industry's growth in central Indiana was stimulated in large part by the discovery of natural gas in the 1880s and 90s, and its growth in Indianapolis was greatly influenced by the industrial advantages

Lorena Duling School, Jackson Mississippi

Lorena Duling School, Jackson Mississippi

Former Elementary School in MS is Now Event Venue Known as Duling Hall

The Lorena Duling School, located at 622 Duling Avenue in Jackson, Mississippi, was designed by Jackson architect Claude H. Lindsley and constructed in 1927. The building was commissioned by the Jackson Public School district as the neighborhood elementary school for the developing community of Fondren. Sited at the geographic center of Fondren, the school was one of the neighborhood's earliest and most prominent public institutions. Once completed, the school fostered the continued development of the neighborhood. The history of the building from its inception in the 1920s through its expansions in the 1930s and 1940s mirrors the patterns of development of the surrounding community. The building played a prominent role in the community where generations of Fondren's residents were educated. In

Bear's Mill, Greenville Ohio

Bear's Mill, Greenville Ohio

Bear's Mill is a rare example of a water-powered gristmill truly operated in the pre-industrial manner. It is the oldest manufacturing facility in Darke County and until the retirement of the miller, Charles Andrews, was operating at its full stone ground capacity of thirty-five tons of flours, cereals, and meals per year. The mill has exceptional value as a museum of the development of milling techniques. William, Moses and Manning Hart were constructing the present mill when Gabriel Bear, a Pennsylvania miller, bought out the Harts, installed machinery, and commenced milling in 1849. Local millstones proved deficient so the progressive Bear traveled to France where he purchased three French buhr stones, world-renowned for their abrasive qualities. These stones, installed in 1850,

Bell Covered Bridge, Vincent Ohio

Bell Covered Bridge, Vincent Ohio

When Ohio became a state in 1803, the lack of good roads and adequate bridges hindered farmers and merchants. An early and important road established in the state was the National Road and a well-known covered bridge on the National Road was the Y Bridge at Zanesville, built in 1832 and designed in that shape to cross both the Licking and Muskingum Rivers. Typically a plentiful resource in rural areas, wood was a natural choice for bridge construction. However, builders discovered that exposure to the elements significantly limited the useful life of wooden bridges. The need to construct bridges with longer useful lives led to bridge engineering developments. Eleven major trusses were used during the period of wood construction, including the

Sand Point Lighthouse, Escanaba Michigan

Sand Point Lighthouse, Escanaba Michigan

In the second half of the nineteenth century, shipment of lumber and iron ore on the Great Lakes was facilitated by the existence of a deep water harbor at Sand Point, now Escanaba, MI. Raw materials from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan played a major role in the development of the Western regions of the United States, and indeed in the industrial growth of the whole nation. During the last year of the Civil War, the need for increased navigational aids to guide ships to the newly built ore dock on the shore of Little Bay de Noc (Lake Michigan) had become apparent. Iron ore, shipped by new railroads from new mines in the Upper Peninsula, and by boat from Escanaba,

Richardson Silk Mill, Belding Michigan

Richardson Silk Mill, Belding Michigan

The Richardson Silk Mill was the first built of four silk mills in Belding, Michigan's Silk Mill City, and is the best preserved of the three mills which remain. The structure is unique for its unusually large size and handsome design and Late Victorian detailing. The Richardson Silk Mill was one of eight silk mills, four of them in Belding, Michigan, developed and owned by Belding Brothers and Company, Silk Manufacturers, during the late 1800s and early 1900s. In 1860, Hiram H. Belding and his brother Alva N. Belding started selling spooled silk door-to-door from their home in Patterson's Mills, Michigan. The town of Patterson's Mills was later (1871) renamed Belding in their honor. The silk that they sold was purchased

Poverty Island Light Station, Fairbanks Michigan

Poverty Island Light Station, Fairbanks Michigan

Poverty Island Light Station is part of the Federal government's efforts to provide an integrated system of navigational aids throughout the United States and to provide for safe maritime transport within the Great Lakes. The light marked a route through deep waters around the south side of Poverty Island for commercial vessels arriving or departing Green Bay ports. Since the mid-nineteenth century, the Great Lakes have served as a major transportation corridor for commercial traffic. Poverty Island Light Station was an integral part of Lake Michigan's successful maritime commerce from its inception in 1875 until final deactivation in the 1990s. Built of brick upon a stone foundation, the structure is an integrated tower and keeper's quarters attached by a central passageway.

Prudden Wheel Company - Motor Wheel Corporation, Lansing Michigan

Prudden Wheel Company - Motor Wheel Corporation, Lansing Michigan

This Factory was Once part of a 35 Building Complex, it has Been Converted to Apartments

Lansing was an early leader in the development and production of automobiles at the turn of the twentieth century. By 1910 there were several different auto manufacturers in the city, and the automobile and its support businesses had become Lansing's leading industry. Local companies produced everything from engines to wheels to bodies, all feeding into the various automobile and truck manufacturing operations. Among the leaders in the field of second-tier suppliers was the Prudden Wheel Company, originally W. K. Prudden & Company. W.K. Prudden & Company was founded in 1903 for the manufacture of rubber-tired carriage, racing sulky and automobile wheels. Prudden revolutionized the wheel-making industry with the introduction of the first artillery-type wheels, and by 1904 was producing wheels for

Baker Mansion, Altoona Pennsylvania

Baker Mansion, Altoona Pennsylvania

The three-story, Greek Revival Baker mansion was constructed between 1844 and 1848 by the Elias Baker family. The Bakers migrated to Central Pennsylvania from Lancaster County in 18364 The move was made after Baker along with his nephew-partner Rolland Deller purchased Allegheny Iron Furnace. In 1844, Zlias Baker bought cut his partner's share of the Allegheny Fur nace and as though to display his new prosperity he embarked on construction of the mansion. The mansion is significant in several areas. It's very location represents Pennsylvania's growing transportation systems in the mid-nineteenth century. Baker's mansion is situated close to what was once the main line of the Pennsylvania Canal at the eastern terminus of the Portage railroad opened in 1834. Hence roofing

Dorrance Mansion, Bristol Pennsylvania

Dorrance Mansion, Bristol Pennsylvania

In addition to being one of the grandest riverfront mansions on Radcliffe Street in Bristol, PA, the Dorrance Mansion is also the only example of Italianate architecture in the borough. The distinctive rear porch and elliptical five-story tower add to the mansion's grandeur and set it apart from the two other examples of Italianate architecture along the Delaware River in Bucks County. Whereas the Dorrance Mansion has an urban setting, the two other examples, The Dell in Bensalem Township and Fruithouse Wharf in Bristol Township, are houses erected on large country estates. The mansion is associated with John Dorrance, Sr. Dorrance, one of Bristol's leading citizens from his arrival circa 1827 until his death in 1869, commissioned the house which was

Diamond Silk Mill - York Silk Manufacturing Company, York Pennsylvania

Diamond Silk Mill - York Silk Manufacturing Company, York Pennsylvania

The Diamond Silk Mill was one of four silk mills constructed between circa 1899 and 1904. Of the four turn-of-the-century mills, the Diamond Silk Mill was a far superior example of fine architecture, designed by the very talented local architect, John A. Dempwolf. The silk industry has played a leading role in the growth of York, and aided Pennsylvania's leading national role in the Silk Mill Manufacturing Industry. Silk mills played an important role in the growth of Lancaster's largest turn-of-the-century industry, the manufacture of umbrellas. As industries outside the city grew, the increased demand for labor fostered the development of East York. It was significant that a company from Paterson, New Jersey, would choose York in which to locate a

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Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences (Jonglez photo books)

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Abandoned Industrial Places: Factories, laboratories, mills and mines that the world left behind (Abandoned Places)

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Abandoned America: Then & Now: A Fun & Fascinating Look Revisiting America's Abandoned Places of the Past

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Abandoned: Hauntingly Beautiful Deserted Theme Parks

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