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ALL-WORK BRUSH MANUFACTORY

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ALL-WORK BRUSH MANUFACTORY. Opened in January of 1874, the company was located on the third floor of No. 8 Levee Street. Started by a Mr. Russel, a former reporter for the Dubuque Herald, the firm manufactured a variety of brushes including clothes and stove brushes, horse brushes, scrub brushes, and barn and street brushes.

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"All-Work Brush Manufactory," Dubuque Herald, February 1, 1874, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18740201&printsec=frontpage&hl=en