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Fulton Worsted Mills. Oswego Falls, N.Y. Rebuilt 1891. Charles Fletcher proprietor

Description: Image of an elevated panoramic view of the Fulton Worsted Mills factory complex of buildings in Fulton, New York; a bridge over Oswego River near Oswego Falls is visible in the foreground; housing pictured at right and the city in the background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1891-1900
Call number: priJLC_FASH_000617
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress.

Oswego Starch Factory, Oswego, N.Y. Incorporated 1848. T. Kingsford & Son, manufacturers

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Image of an elevated street view of a starch factory in Oswego, New York, depicting the Oswego Canal to the left; two rows of factory buildings, including a foundry and machine shop and store house, with a busy street scene with railroad tracks, people, wagons, and a railroad train in the center of the image.

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Oswego, N.Y

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Image of an elevated city view of Oswego, New York, on the Oswego River where it joins Lake Ontario; boats and ships sail up the river and are docked along the waterfront; bridges connect the city over the river.

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Kingsford’s Oswego corn starch, Silver Gloss starch

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Silsby Manufg. Co. Seneca Falls, N.Y

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Image of an elevation view of the side of a steam fire engine labeled "Silsby" that is decorated with a small American Eagle on the head light; there is a small vignette in the bottom center margin of an elevated view of the Island Works factory buildings of the Silsby Manufacturing Company in Seneca Falls, New York.

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Tygert-Allen Fertilizer Co. Philadelphia

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Image of an elevated view of a factory building complex for Tygert-Allen Fertilizer Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; buildings visible along a waterfront with steam and sailing ships docking at the ports and locomotives transporting goods.

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Lauer Brewing Company Ltd. Reading, PA

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Image of an elevated landscape view of the Lauer Brewing Company brewery in Reading, Pennsylvania; a large industrial complex of factory buildings is pictured including the breweries, smokestacks, ice plant, boiler house, hop storage, office, malt house, band stand, hotel, garden, and several others including a bowling alley in Lauer's Park; railroad cars labeled "Refrigerator Line. Ale Porter and Lager Beer," a Philadelphia & Reading Railroad passenger train, cable car, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible along the street in the foreground; small inset image at bottom right features an earlier view of the much-smaller brewery captioned "Lauer's brewery in 1866"; a Greek sphinx is pictured in a circular ivy-bordered frame captioned by the words "Trade mark" at bottom center.

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Fulton Worsted Mills. Oswego Falls, N.Y. Rebuilt 1891. Charles Fletcher proprietor

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