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Picket Fences: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 3:47am.
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August 1911. New Bedford, Mass. "Lewis Grace, 68 Acushnet Avenue. Probably 14. Works in drawing-in room." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
Acushnet
Submitted by Kenny on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 7:42am.
Acushnet Mill on Acushnet Avenue. Is this the same company that makes Titleist brand golf equipment?
Berkshire Hathaway
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 9:57pm.
That is the original Hathaway Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, which became Berkshire Hathaway, which was eventually purchased by Warren Buffett and became an investment vehicle propelling the stock from roughly $16 a share to over $150,000 (now back down to $100,000).
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