Wyomissing Development Company.
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Wyomissing Development Company.
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Wyomissing Development Company.
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The Wyomissing Development Company was incorporated by Henry Janssen and Ferdinand Thun of the Textile Machine Works (Reading, Pa.) on September 20, 1913 in order to construct housing, public parks, and stores for company employees. The company rented homes to its employees and maintained them and the community in a way which reflected its paternalistic philosophy.
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Braiding machinery
Collective labor agreements
Company towns
Hosiery, Cotton
Hosiery, Silk
Hosiery workers
Industrial housing
Paternalism
Silk
Textile industry
Textile machinery industry
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Pennsylvania
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Berks County (Pa.)
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Wyomissing (Pa.)
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