PROSPECTUS OF THE Scientific American FOR 1888.
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The Tiffany Glass Company
MEMORIAL WINDOWS
GLASS WORK DECORATIONS
Designs and Estimates submitted.
Louis C. Tiffany, Pres. Pringle Mitchell, M’ger.
John Du Fais, Sec.John C. Platt, Treas.
333–335 Fourth Ave., New York City. 509 Pullman Building, Chicago.
The Old Bangor Slate Company
F. C. YARNALL, President, I. S. MOYER, Sec. & Treas.,
Philadelphia. Bethlehem, Pa.
This Company is the original operator in the Bangor Valley, and continues to manufacture the Blue Roofing Slates which have become so celebrated for fineness of texture and uniformity of color.
We also beg to call the special attention of Architects and Builders to the fact that we have perfected a system by which we can furnish Slates with Sawed Edges of suitable size and curve for Towers or Domes of any size or shape.
Working Drawings should be furnished, in which case we can guarantee a perfect job.
Address Correspondence to
The Old Bangor Slate Company, At Office, BETHLEHEM, PA.