Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . ollege Pointjust as much as it does to Flushing—perhaps more so on account of the much larger number offactory workers at College Point. Manufacturing at College Point is varied. Many rubber companiesoperate plants here; the Mynepho Silk Mills is one of the oldest of itskind in the country; the Empire Art Metal Works make the fireproofdoors and other trim that are used in buildings like the Woolworth;Kleinert has produced millions of the dress
Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . ollege Pointjust as much as it does to Flushing—perhaps more so on account of the much larger number offactory workers at College Point. Manufacturing at College Point is varied. Many rubber companiesoperate plants here; the Mynepho Silk Mills is one of the oldest of itskind in the country; the Empire Art Metal Works make the fireproofdoors and other trim that are used in buildings like the Woolworth;Kleinert has produced millions of the dress shields one sees pictured instreet-car advertisements; paints, dyes and chemicals are mixed anddeveloped here; and now whirrs the recently constructed L. W. Com-panys aeroplane plant,where six hundred menare building standard-ized craft to help winthe worlds air battlesfor the U. S. A. College Point is abusy place — a very,very busy place justnow. But immense asits industries w o u 1 dseem to Goodyear andPoppenhusen, couldthose old pioneers bealive to see, CollegePoint as a factory cen-ter to-day will seemtrifling a dozen years. Residence of Wm. B. Baumert, 41 the Cheese Manufacturer FLUSHING AND VICINITY
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