The Jews of Baltimore - Vol 1/2

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AMERICAN MIRROR WORKS Manufacturers of Plain and Beveled Plate Looking Glasses CANTON AVENUE AND PRESIDENT STREET BALTIMORE, MD. The American Mirror Works of Baltimore City a stock company, incorporated (1907) imder the of the State cS Maryland for the purpose of manufacturing Beveled and Silvered Glass and making a specialty of Grinding and Polishing Edges, Mitering and Resilvering Old Mirrors. The officers and directors of the company are as is

Laws

follows

Chas. H. Miller.

John

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President and General Manager

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Snell

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ice-President

Secretary and Treasurer Thos. p. Kelly F. A. Broadben'T. .Pres. F. A.Broadbent Mantel Co. Sec'y Merchants it Mfrs. .\ssti. Thos. G. BoGGS. J. Geo. MoHLHENRiCH..Pres. Reliable Furniture Co. Pres National Bldg. Supply Co. John J. Kelly. Foreman Stieff Piano Co. W. H. Meekins .

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Mr. Chas. H. Miller, the President and General of the company, is a practical Mirror man,

Manager

who has been

actively engaged in the manufacture of Mirrors for the past ten years, giving his personal special attention to the Intricate has paid He through. passes glass the attention to the processes Silvering process, using his own solutions and having them applied under his own supervision always. Mr. John B. Snell, the Vice-President of the company, was formerly Secretary and General Manager of the American Mirror Works, of Butler, Pa., and is a thoroughly expert Mirror man. Mr. Thos. P. Kelly, the Secretary and Treasurer of the company, is also the Treasurer of the F. A. Broadbent ilantle Co., and an energetic and practical business man. The American Mirror Works, of Baltimore City, is located at the southwest corner of Canton Averiue and President Street, and is fully equipped with modern Glass-Beveling machinery, Electric motors being used as motive power. The workmen are expert gla.ss workers and thoroughly understand the work required of them, and are in charge of an experienced foreman, who is an all-around man, having studied the business thoroughly, including the care of the machinery, which is very important. The capacity of the plant at the present time is 2,500 square feet of glass per daj- or, approximately, $175,000 annually, with a reserve equipment, not The excellent trausportatiun facilities affor.led set up, callable of incieasing this amount 25 per cent. by rail and water make the American Mirror Works of Baltimore City a competitor in the northern trade, extending as far north as Boston, Mas.s.. and west to Pittsburg, Pa., or right into and through the great glass manufacturing district of Pennsylvania. The superiority of the product of the American Mirror Works of "Baltimore City is caused by (a)

Expert workmanship, attention and excellent

Prompt (6) tion facilities. (r) is

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The quality of the French Polish Plate that

used exclusively in their Mirrors.

This Glass is superior in every respect to the Domestic or American Plate Glass. The American Mirror Works of Baltimore City imi)orts this French Glass direct from Belgium,

semi-monthl.v imports, thus ever-increasing in eliminating the middle man's profit and permitting the marketing of High Grade Mirrors at moderate prices.


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