page 2 -- Fisk Manufacturing Co., Chenery & Co., Bortree Manufacturing Company, Stevens & Brooks

updated 7 March 2016

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56 Walker St., Geo. O. Fisk, Pres., W.S.L. Hawkins, Treas.

From Google Books' digitization of Fibre & Fabric:

Title	Fibre & Fabric: A Record of American Textile Industries in the Cotton and Woolen Trade, Volume 41 p.557
Published	1905
Original from	the New York Public Library
Digitized	Jun 6, 2006

The Fisk ad below appeared many times in contemporary print media (Google Books):

Title	Western New England, Volume 1 p.9
Contributor	Springfield, Mass. Board of Trade
Publisher	Springfield Board of Trade., 1910
Original from	University of Minnesota
Digitized	Mar 1, 2011

Title	Tariff Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, Sixtieth Congress, 1908-1909, Volume 5, p.4843 Tariff Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, Sixtieth Congress, 1908-1909,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Authors	United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means,Sereno Elisha Payne
Publisher	U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909

According to the Tariff Hearings above, Willis M. Chenery employed 118 people at the Chenery Manufacturing Company.

Reverse of the card above, from Digital Commonwealth
Bortree was located at 112 W. Cortland St., Jackson, Michigan

As per Google Books, the Michigan Historical Commission notes:

Title	Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 2 Michigan Historical Collections, Michigan Historical Commission
Author	Michigan Historical Commission
Contributor	Michigan State Historical Society
Publisher	Michigan Historical Commission, 1901 p. 342
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	Sep 9, 2009

According to Leanne Smith's Mlive column, Peek Through Time,

"Bortree Corset Co., 112 W. Cortland St., was the first corset company founded west of New York. Moses Bortree, who migrated to Michigan from Pennsylvania in 1866, opened the factory in 1868 to manufacture crinoline skirts and bustles. In 1875, Bortree switched to corsets. Within five years, he was producing 50,000 to 300,000 corsets per year. In its heyday, the company employed almost 400 people, 350 of whom were women."

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