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Bollman Hat Company was founded by Mr. George Bollman in 1868. Bollman was a family owned business for most of its history. Bollman became an employee owned business in 1985. The company is headquartered in Adamstown, Pennsylvania, with wool scouring facilities in Texas and showrooms and sales and design offices in New York City and Sydney ...
Meetings followed in the autumn of that year. The formal organization of the AFA was completed at a mass meeting of all the state-based Flag Committees, held at New York City Hall, February 18, 1898. [1] The AFA was a union of the Flag Committees of all the patriotic societies in the country, and to the number of about sixty flag committees.
Elizabeth Griscom Ross (née Griscom; [1] January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836), also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn and Claypoole, [1] was an American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 [2] with making the second official U.S. flag, [3] accordingly known as the Betsy Ross flag.
Adamstown was initially founded on July 4, 1761, by William Addams on the site of a former village of Native Americans, and Addams named the community Addamsburry.The community was incorporated as a borough on April 2, 1850, [4] following the passage of a bill by the Pennsylvania General Assembly that was introduced by Representative Joseph Konigmacher the previous month. [5]
This list of the oldest companies in the United States includes brands and companies, excluding associations, educational, government or religious organizations. To be listed, a brand or company name must remain, either whole or in part, since inception. To limit the scope of this list, only companies established before 1820 are listed.
American technology company founders (3 C, 524 P) Pages in category "American company founders" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,215 total.
Adamstown, California – George Adams (founder) Adamstown, Pennsylvania – John Adams [7] Adamsville, Arizona – Charles S. Adams (original settler) Addison, 4 places in Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont – Joseph Addison (English essayist, poet, playwright and politician) [7] Addison, West Virginia – Addison McLaughlin (local ...
Valley Forge Flag Company employee folds recently completed U.S. flags, Spring City, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1982. By the time that the company's president, Sidney Liberman, died in 1967, the company had expanded to include operations in Baumstown, Birdsboro, Robesonia, Royersford, Spring City, and Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania. He was survived by his ...