Arcade File Works

Arcade File Works Arcade began in Sing Sing, New York, relocated to Anderson, Indiana around 1891, and was bought by Nicholson in 1900. Nicholson maintained a file factory in Anderson for the US market and continued selling files with the brand name Arcade until 1972. After shifting production from the Providence, RI plant to Anderson in 1959, Nicholson (Cooper) closed the Anderson plant August 31, 1978.

Arcade File Works & Alfred Weed, 1898
Nicholson File's Arcade Works History
Arcade File Works (WK Fine Tools)

Arcade File Works box

Arcade File Works box

The New England Business Directory, 1865, p. 379

Arcade File Works in 1908 after Nicholson purchase

Employee badge photo by Jeffrey Moore