The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . rst was very small,occupying a room about fifteen feet square, which was recently the directorsroom of the Citizens National Bank over Harrington corner. As the busi-ness increased he moved to larger quarters in Franklin square, then toHermon street, and finally in 1897 to the extensive factory on Wymanstreet. The business has become one of the most important industries ofWorcester. Air. Fanning is a man of great energy, clear business insight, and a buoyanttemperament, which have enabled him to face and overcome difficulti
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . rst was very small,occupying a room about fifteen feet square, which was recently the directorsroom of the Citizens National Bank over Harrington corner. As the busi-ness increased he moved to larger quarters in Franklin square, then toHermon street, and finally in 1897 to the extensive factory on Wymanstreet. The business has become one of the most important industries ofWorcester. Air. Fanning is a man of great energy, clear business insight, and a buoyanttemperament, which have enabled him to face and overcome difficulties thatwould have discouraged most men. He sees the bright side of habits are methodical and industrious, and he personally superintendsevery detail of his business. With the evidence of great success hecontemplates with a justifiable degree of satisfaction his rise in life from thetime that he passed through Worcester a friendless boy to the present, whichacknowledges his position as one of the most prominent and prosperous busi-ness men of the FERDINAND FLODIN. The Worcester of 1898. 615 Ferdinand Flodin was born in Stockholm, Sweden, February 10, 1863. Hewas educated in the public schools of that city, and received thoroughtraining in the drawing schools preliminary to entrance into the Academyof Arts. But his intention to pursue the course in that institution wasfrustrated by lack of means and other circumstances, and in 1883 he came toAmerica, and engaged in Boston to learn the art of photography with thewell-known Ritz, now deceased, who twelve to fifteen years ago was the mostdistinguished photographer in Boston, and one of the most prominent in thewhole country. After also studying some time at the Notman studio, thatis yet in active operation on Park street in Boston, and also in Montreal,Canada, Mr. Flodin came to Worcester in 1S87, and in partnership with Thyberg opened a studio at 411 Main street, where, under the firmname of Flodin &
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