Chicago Brass Company employees outside the machine shop

Creator

Chicago Brass Company

Date

• 1902

Summary

• Group at entrance of the Chicago Brass Company machine shop in 1902. From left to right: Thowald Hanson, Master Mechanic, Kenosha; George E. Cole, Auditor, The American Brass Company, Waterbury, Connecticut; Charles Lauton, Casting Shop Superintendent, Waterbury, Connecticut; John Tyler, Superintendent, Chicago Brass; Raymond Bassett, Draughtsman, Waterbury, Connecticut; Edward T. Ingham, Co-Superintendent, Chicago Brass.
• Founded by a collaboration of entrepreneurs from various brass mills in 1886, the Chicago Brass Company, Inc. was in business until 1990, producing metals that would be used for items like circuit boards, brass beds, and shell casings. Early in 1922, it was bought out by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.