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| Photo by Gary S. |
Hugh McCaffrey and his younger brother John, began manufacturing files in Philadelphia, PA, in January 1863 under the name of McCaffrey and Brother. In July, 1889, the business was incorporated under the title of The McCaffrey File Company. McCaffrey File Co. was bought by Nicholson File Co. in 1926.
This link is for several pages about McCaffrey in the 1913
Hardware Dealers' Magazine. McCaffrey's address was 1839 N. 5th St., just south W. Berks St., in the Kensington neighborhood. The factory was just north of the famous Stetson Hat Co. factory complex.
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| McCaffrey & Brother bill head, 17 Sept. 1885 |
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| McCaffrey file box |
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| 1917 Sanborn map, McCaffrey File Co. |
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| 1913 Hardware Dealers' Magazine |
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| How McCaffrey files were made |
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