Delaware's industries, an historical and industrial review . re and Bedding, 415 Mar-ket Street. The furniture trade in this section is well repre-sented in the business of Mr. L- F. Adair. This gentleman first started in i860, and aftermanaging it successfully ten years, gave it up andwent West. Coming back shortly afterward, he em-barked a second time. Thinking he could do betterWest, he retired again ; but returned five years ago,when he opened the store he now runs. Delawares industries. 125 The building occupied is 20 x 117 feet in dimen-sions, four stories high. Four rooms outside of thi
Delaware's industries, an historical and industrial review . re and Bedding, 415 Mar-ket Street. The furniture trade in this section is well repre-sented in the business of Mr. L- F. Adair. This gentleman first started in i860, and aftermanaging it successfully ten years, gave it up andwent West. Coming back shortly afterward, he em-barked a second time. Thinking he could do betterWest, he retired again ; but returned five years ago,when he opened the store he now runs. Delawares industries. 125 The building occupied is 20 x 117 feet in dimen-sions, four stories high. Four rooms outside of thisbuilding are employed for storage purposes; making,in all, about 19,000 square feet of floor surface. Fur-niture, bedding, baby carriages and refrigerators, ofall kinds and descriptions, are carried in stock. Five capable assistants are constantly emplo3ed,and a team is kept to deliver orders. Mr. Adair has always been a resident of thiscounty, except during his absence in the West. He iswell and favorably known in trade circles here andwherever he Trm^^^t^ Photographer, 617 Market Street. The largest and best known is the title thatshould be given to the establishment of Mr. J. PaulBrown. This gentleman has been engaged in this line fornearly a score of years. He opened an establishmentof his own about 13 years ago. From the inception,the venture has been an assured success. The premises include a. building 20 x 100, all ofwhich is used except the first floor. The parlor onthe second floor is furnished most beautifully. The 126 Delawares Industries. operating room, in the rear, is about i8 x 40 feet indimensions. Every appliance that can be broughtto bear on this work is used. A very good light isobtained by means of large skylights. Six capable operatives are given constant employ-ment. Everything in the line is done, a specialtybeing made of groups and large pictures. Mr. Brov^n has been a life-long resident of thecity, and has alwa3^s been prominent in promoting it
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