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GEORGE DEE AND SON'S BASKET AND LYE WORKS. Located at the corner of Garfield and Kniest avenues, the business was established and incorporated in 1893. Dee waged a long battle to develop his business in Dubuque. In 1892 he successfully fought an ordinance that he and his heirs had to guarantee employment for one hundred workers for ninety-nine years. This was ten years. (1)
The company manufactured Dee's 98% Lye and a range of willow and stave baskets in addition to berry boxes and "Dee's improved stove carriers." The company advertised its capacity as 80,000 baskets, 75,000 berry boxes, and 150 cases of lye per day.
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1. "Agrees to the Changes," Dubuque Daily Herald, April 7, 1892, p. 4
"Geo. Dee & Son's Basket and Lye Works," Dubuque Daily Herald, January 1, 1895