Friday, February 23, 2007

More Hall History

L. Norris Hall Inc.

Having worked in the steel industry for Carnegie since the early 1900's, the entrepreneur Norris opened his own steel warehousing business in 1921 - based in Philadelphia and later also in Wilmington, DE. Surviving the depression, it grew into quite a successful company, later being headed by his son Wallace. The company was finally sold to a competitor in 1972 after 50 years in business.


Here is a matchbook cover from his business that I found on EBAY - you really can find just about anything if you look hard enough on there!

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