Warley Bascom Son.

This company, specializing in general upholstering, interior decorations, and cabinet work, became one of the oldest and longest lived businesses owned and run by blacks in Philadelphia. Mattress-maker Warley Bascom, a freeman from Charleston, South Carolina, began the busines ca. 1861; it continued under family management until 1974, managed successively by Warley Bascom, Jr., his wife, Josephine Davis Bascom, and their children William, Edgar, and Ethel Bascom Sarjeant.

From the description of Business records, 1881-1970 (inclusive), 1889-1923 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122474341