#40 Broomell, Schmidt & Company Factory in York; Birthplace of Pullman Motor Car
Broomell, Schmidt & Company Factory location in northeast part of York, PA during 1899 (2013 Bird’s Eye Aerial View from Bing.com; Annotations added by S. H. Smith, 2013) In my post Late 1800s...
View Article#38 LaButa Cigar Factory in York; Top 50 York County Factories at the End of...
Location of the LaButa Cigar Factory in York (Section of Plate 8 from the 1903 Atlas of York, PA; Annotations in Red by S. H. Smith, 2013) In my post Late 1800s Factory Inspection Reports Assist in...
View Article#36 York Knitting Mills in York; Manufacturers of Hosiery
1904 York Knitting Mills Ad (S. H. Smith Collection) In my post Late 1800s Factory Inspection Reports Assist in Identification of an East Prospect Photo I wrote about finding these reports in the...
View Article#28 York Safe & Lock Company in Spring Garden Township; from the Top 50 York...
York Safe & Lock Company Factory circa 1900 (From S. H. Smith Collections) In my post Late 1800s Factory Inspection Reports Assist in Identification of an East Prospect Photo I wrote about finding...
View Article#23 Variety Iron Works in York; Ornamental Iron Work to Charter School
1870s Illustrations of Variety Iron Works in York, PA (Top is from 1877 General Directory of the Boroughs of York, Hanover & Wrightsville; Bottom is from 1873 book: The Monumental City, Its Past...
View Article#19 York Wall Paper Company; The Battle of the Wall Paper Competitors
Illustration of York Wall Paper Factory from an 1899 Trade Publication This illustration of the York Wall Paper Factory is from an 1899 Trade Publication. It is a view looking southeast. The...
View Article#17 Celestino, Costello & Company; Top Cigar Manufacturer in York during 1899
The Round-Up, Cigar Crate label from Celestino, Costello & Company, York, PA (from S. H. Smith Collections) In my count down of the 50 top factories in York County at the end of 19th Century, there...
View Article#11 York Card & Paper Company; The Battle of the Wall Paper Competitors, Part 2
Illustrations from 1898 dated Letterhead of The York Card & Paper Company (Collections of S. H. Smith) These illustrations, related to the wallpaper manufacturer York Card & Paper Company, are...
View Article#10 S. Morgan Smith Company; Industry Leader in Hydraulic Turbines
I’ve shown the patent header and primary cut-away drawing from S. Morgan Smith’s first Turbine Water Wheel patent. Stephen M. Smith received this patent on December 26, 1876, while still with York...
View ArticleTimeline for Lincoln Funeral Train
York County section of O. W. Gray’s 1876 Railroad & County Map of Pennsylvania (Map from Library of Congress; Lincoln Funeral Train route highlighted by S. H. Smith, 2015) The Northern Central...
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