. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. attractive designThe result is that New York is not only a place of import, but otexport too; its wares of gems and precious metals being eagerlysought after by pm-chasers in foreign lands. With a conspicu-ous master of this fascinating industry we have in these pages to deal. , 1 • i Joseph Benjamin Bowden, who is well known m this city as aleader in the jeweky manufacturing trade, comes of Enghshancestry on both sides of the house. Some of the Bowdens inearlier generations were prominent in colonial affau-s. One othis ancestors was Thomas Bo


. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. attractive designThe result is that New York is not only a place of import, but otexport too; its wares of gems and precious metals being eagerlysought after by pm-chasers in foreign lands. With a conspicu-ous master of this fascinating industry we have in these pages to deal. , 1 • i Joseph Benjamin Bowden, who is well known m this city as aleader in the jeweky manufacturing trade, comes of Enghshancestry on both sides of the house. Some of the Bowdens inearlier generations were prominent in colonial affau-s. One othis ancestors was Thomas Bowden, an officer of the Bntisharmy who served with distinction in the French and Indian ^ father, Joseph Bowden, was a successful jeweler, and fromhim Mr. Bowden natm-ally acquired his hking for the trade. The son of Joseph and Chariotte Bowden, Joseph BenjaminBowden, was born in the then city of Brooklyn, New York, onJanuary 10,1852. His parents moved to Flushing, New York, m1854. He received a good practical academic education in the.


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