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[[Image:imp585.jpg|left|thumb|450px|Partial page from the company catalogue. Photo courtesy: John J. Bennett]]DUBUQUE ALTAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY. With its offices located at 19th and Pine Streets, the Dubuque Altar Manufacturing Company manufactured statuary, altars and pews of which they offered more than fifty styles of ends. Statuary included stations of the cross, Christmas and other groupings, reliefs, brackets, vases, pedestals, baptismals and holy water fonts. The company had two factories. One produced manufactured the statuary which the other was dedicated to manufacturing church furniture. The factories and buildings covered 90,000 square feet and the company had its own side racks for receiving and shipping. Officers included J.J. Ott, President; M.J. Mulgrew, vice-president; W.H. Meuser, secretary, and P.F. Ryder, treasurer. | [[Image:imp585.jpg|left|thumb|450px|Partial page from the company catalogue. Photo courtesy: John J. Bennett]]DUBUQUE ALTAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY. With its offices located at 19th and Pine Streets, the Dubuque Altar Manufacturing Company manufactured statuary, altars and pews of which they offered more than fifty styles of ends. Statuary included stations of the cross, Christmas and other groupings, reliefs, brackets, vases, pedestals, baptismals and holy water fonts. | ||
The company had two factories. One produced manufactured the statuary which the other was dedicated to manufacturing church furniture. The factories and buildings covered 90,000 square feet and the company had its own side racks for receiving and shipping. Officers included J.J. Ott, President; M.J. Mulgrew, vice-president; W.H. Meuser, secretary, and P.F. Ryder, treasurer. | |||
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Revision as of 18:12, 21 June 2009
DUBUQUE ALTAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY. With its offices located at 19th and Pine Streets, the Dubuque Altar Manufacturing Company manufactured statuary, altars and pews of which they offered more than fifty styles of ends. Statuary included stations of the cross, Christmas and other groupings, reliefs, brackets, vases, pedestals, baptismals and holy water fonts.
The company had two factories. One produced manufactured the statuary which the other was dedicated to manufacturing church furniture. The factories and buildings covered 90,000 square feet and the company had its own side racks for receiving and shipping. Officers included J.J. Ott, President; M.J. Mulgrew, vice-president; W.H. Meuser, secretary, and P.F. Ryder, treasurer.