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Collection:
Premier Furnace Co.
Date:
1920—1930s
Description:
B/w photograph of large group of men, some sitting and some standing, in a factory or warehouse location. Identified as "Foundry/Premier Hot Air Heating Co. ..... Photo." Foundry at Premier Furnace Company. There are 20 men in this photo. In back row man holds something that may be a furnace part. identification on back of photograph: Charles Grayson, Horace Laverick, Jay Patterson, Glenn Morford, Herman Bower, Jess Dokey, Mike Frontzcak, Joe Walczak Clyde (Baldy) Smith, Jim Delaney, Fred Dunkelberger, Clyde Huff, Lee Cox, Eugene Clinton, Fred Hodge, Walter Ingram, John Fernham, Walter Frontczak, Leonard Cox, George Pietron.

Mr. Judd gave a set of pictures of Mr. Walter Frontczak who was Mrs. Huber's father. The two remaining are all that are left of the original set. Mr Frontczak worked for Premier when it started. He came from Round Oak but had originally worked for a brick company in South Bend. He completed his working years as a foreman for Kaiser—Fraser.
Object ID:
1983—0018.0002
Object Name:
Print, photographic
People:
Grayson, Charles
Laverick, Horace
Patterson, Jay
Morford, Glenn
Bower, Herman
Dokey, Jess
Frontzcak, Mike
Walczak, Joe
Smith, Clyde
Delaney, Jim
Dunkelberger, Fred
Huff, Clyde
Cox, Lee
Clinton, Eugene
Hodge, Fred
Ingram, Walter
Fernham, John
Frontczak, Walter
Cox, Leonard
Pietron, George
Other #:
P000131
Print Size:
6.75" w x 4.6"H
Search Terms:
Premier Furnace
Charles Grayson
Horace Laverick
Jay Patterson
Glenn Morford
Herman Bower
Jess Dokey
MIke Frontczak
Joe Walczak
Clyde Smith
Jim Delaney
Fred Dunkelberger
Clyde Huff
Lee Cox
Eugene Clinton
Fred Hodge
Walter Ingram
John Fernham
Walter Frontczak
Leonard Cox
George Pietron
Year Range from:
1920
Year Range to:
1939
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