Posted: 4/8/2007 7:12:59 PM EDT
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http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:0jIgnVdOgFsJ:www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20070201/SPECIAL23/702010360+R.M.Hollingshead+corp+camden,+NJ&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=14&gl=us One company that not only survived the shift from horse to car, but also thrived, was the R.M. Hollingshead Co. Founded in Camden in 1888, it sold harness wax and other maintenance products of the horse-and-buggy era. Changing with the times, it pioneered auto cleaners, waxes and brake fluids, many under the "Whiz" brand. In its heyday, it employed more than 700 and remained the city's third largest employer into the early 1970's. Renamed the Classic Chemical Co., Hollingshead closed in 1981 and 200 workers lost their jobs Couyld be from the early 1970's...who knows...Definately over 30 years old though. http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-105750.html |
All the filthy shitholes of the USA were either once a place where 1. Rich people lived, like harlem. 2. A shitload of stuff was made, like camden. The focking politicians nowadays don't know how to bring actual commerce to their area. Just focking casinos and welfare checks. (You realize that detroit was the biggest factory town in the world 20 years ago?) Ahhhh.....! |
Camden, NJ was once quite a city...now it is one of the most dangerous places to live in the U.S. RCA and The Campbels Soup Company used to be located in Camden, NJ. L3 Communications is now in the old RCA building from what I understand. The stained glass little nipper is still on the building. Howver, the Campbel's soup can water tower was torn down years ago.... Absolutely pathetic that some of the richest neighborhoods in the U.S. are located just a few miles from Camden  |