Posts Tagged ‘business’
Cambridge, A Pioneer Home Of Electronics
By Harold B. Richmond*Read October 28, 1952 As a sort of Christmas present last year, my very good friend and a distinguished citizen of Cambridge, the late Elmer A. Noden, appeared one day in my office to inquire if I would be the next speaker at the Cambridge Club and talk on the general subject…
Read MoreEarly Cambridge Newspapers
By George Grier Wright, 1928 This article can be found in the Proceedings of the Cambridge Historical Society Volume 20, from the years 1927-1929. In the fall of 1839 two school boys, Peter L. Cox, aged fifteen years, and his brother Henry S., aged twelve years, conceived the idea of publishing a weekly paper for…
Read MoreBoston Woven Hose and Rubber Company: Eighty-Four Years in Cambridge (Part 2) by Alden S. Foss
[Continued from last week] Two Wars And Two Depressions, 1899-1951 There is an artist’s drawing of our plant made about 1915. Actually, it reminds me of the first time I saw Al Jolson. He comes on stage as a chauffeur, long linen duster, linen cap, goggles, and of course black-faced. He starts to…
Read MoreBoston Woven Hose and Rubber Company: Eighty-Four Years in Cambridge (Part 1) by Alden S. Foss
Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company: Eighty-Four Years in Cambridge By Alden S. Foss The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company was founded in 1880. Based on a survey made by the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, it is the oldest of the dozen largest industrial concerns continuously in business in Cambridge. It is now…
Read MoreThe Remarkable John “Jack” Emerson: Founder of the J. H. Emerson Company
By Daphne Abeel, 2005 When Will and George Emerson begin to talk about their family background and their father, who founded the J. H. Emerson Company, they mention somewhat offhandedly that they are descended from a brother of Ralph Waldo Emerson and that their paternal grandfather was related to the artist Maxfield Parrish. But it…
Read MoreGeorge G Wright Collection Records, 1814 – 1930
Administrative Information Biographical Sketch Related Collections Sources Scope and Content Note Library of Congress Subject Headings Series Description and Folder Listing 5 Record Cartons, 164 bound volumes Processor: Megan Cox 41 linear feet Date: April 2006 Revised: November 2006 Acquisition: Will of George G. Wright, 1928 Access: There are restrictions on several original items in…
Read MoreHollis G. Gerrish Papers, 1865-2002
This collection was transferred to the Cambridge Historical Commission in 2026. For questions about this collection, contact their archivist. Administrative Information Historical Sketch Scope and Content Note Library of Congress Subject Headings Series Description and Folder Listing 4 cartons, 4 file boxes, 1 oversized box 8.34 linear feet Processors: Kate Monea and Kate Jeungeun Huh…
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