Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Account books of Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. and subsidiary firms
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Account books of Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. and subsidiary firms
Collection
Identifier: 2414
Abstract:
Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. was a major manufacturer of saws and other woodworking tools and one of the largest industrial firms in Philadelphia. The Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. had a number of subsidary companies, these records contain a small number of account books from only three of the firms subsidaries. There are accounts for: the Tacony Fuel Gas Company, the Henry Disston & Sons File Company, Limited, and the Henry Disston & Sons Iron & Steel Works, and an insurance ledger from the Estate of Henry Disston.
Dates:
1824-1918; Majority of material found within 1867-1907
The Disston History photographs
Collection
Identifier: 1977-227
Abstract:
Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. was a major manufacturer of saws and other woodworking tools and one of the largest industrial firms in Philadelphia. Henry Disston (1819-1878), the founded the company in 1855. The firm remained in family control until 1955. The collection consists of images copied from "The Disston History," a genealogy of the Disston family and a company history of Henry Disston and Sons, Inc., compiled by family members and genealogist Elizabeth B. Satterthwaite (1856-1948) in 1920.
Dates:
circa 1850-1920