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Thomasville Furniture began as Thomasville Chair Company in 1904, making 500 to 1000 chairs a day by 1905. Thomas Jefferson Finch and Charles F. Finch of Randolph County bought the company in 1907. Lambeth Furniture began in 1901 and was sold to Knox Furniture in 1928 and Thomasville Chair in 1932.
The Clark Thread Company Historic District, located at 900 Passaic Avenue, East Newark, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, is a large mill complex. Begun in 1875, it was a major manufacturing site of the Clark Thread Company , the world's leading manufacturer of sewing thread, until 1935.
In 1893, J. & P. Coats absorbed the Conant Thread Company and assumed direct control over the Pawtucket plant, under the management of James Coats (1834–1913) and Alfred M. Coats (1869–1942). [5] In 1896 J. and P. Coats acquired controlling interests in the firms of Clark and Co, Jonas Brook and Brothers, and James Chadwick and Brother. [6]
L. S. Ayres and Company was a department store based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and founded in 1872 by Lyman S. Ayres.Over the years its Indianapolis flagship store, which opened in 1905 and was later enlarged, became known for its women's fashions, the Tea Room, holiday events and displays, and the basement budget store.
The plant was controlled by the Conant Thread Company until 1869, when J. & P. Coats, a Scottish thread company, assumed control over the manufacturing facilities. [3] Shortly after the takeover, the Coats company expanded the capacities of the plant and constructed additional mills to increase production and facilitate the production of yarn ...
The Glenwood Historic District in Thomasville, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1] The Joe M. Beutell House is in the historic district and is separately listed.
Paradise Park Historic District is located in Thomasville, Georgia.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1984 with an increase in 2002. [1] It consists of Thomasville's Paradise Park, and properties including 15 contributing buildings and one non-contributing building.
Throughout the early half of the 20th century, Hulman & Co. became nationally known for its Clabber Girl baking powder which it began producing in 1899. In 1945, the company purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway , in what many thought was an unusual investment for a company with a rich history in the food and beverage industry and owned the ...