Name/Title
Newspaper clipping from album with photo of Hoboken Red Cross Volunteers; partial obituary of Louis Ferguson, from Jersey Observer, Jan. 7, 1941.Entry/Object ID
2002.111.0022Scope and Content
Newspaper clipping from album with photo of Hoboken Red Cross Volunteers; partial obituary of Louis Ferguson (of Ferguson Brothers Furniture Company), from the Jersey Observer, Sunday, January 7, 1941.
Photo caption in part: Workers of the Hoboken Chapter of the American Red Cross are busy making sweaters and other winter clothing for the distressed people of the Democratic nations of the world. Here is a group of the workers at Trinity Episcopal Church Hall, Washington Street, where they meet twice a week.
The women are identified left to right.
On the reverse is a partial obituary for Louis Ferguson, 83, retired president of Ferguson Brothers Furniture Company at Eighth and Monroe Sts., Hoboken. It noted the firm was founded by his late father, his late twin brother, Harry (died 1937), and him in the late 19th century in the Chelsea section of New York City. Due to expansion, it moved to Hoboken in 1900 and became one of the largest of its kind in the country. Louis' wife died in 1901 and he was the "last of his line." He had been recently living in the Bolivar Hotel in the winter and summered in a home in Garrison. He had only retired in November.Acquisition
Accession
2002.111Source or Donor
Cooke, Edward StantonAcquisition Method
DonationCredit Line
Gift of Edward Cooke StantonArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1941 - 1941Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1941
Date(s): 1941
Level of Description: ItemGeneral Notes
Note
Display Value: Poor
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2003-08-15
