Edmund E. Plumley scrapbooks Bulk, 1974-1981 1960-1981 Bulk, 1974-1981

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Edmund E. Plumley scrapbooks Bulk, 1974-1981 1960-1981 Bulk, 1974-1981

The Keasbey and Mattison Company was a manufacturing company based in Ambler Borough, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. At one point the world's leader in asbestos manufacturing, the company became Nicolet Industries in the 1960s and was shut down in 1987. The bulk of the Edmund E. Plumley scrapbooks, 1960-1981, cover his time as an employee of Keasbey-Madison and Nicolet, with photographs and newspaper clippings depicting the factory and his coworkers.

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Keasbey & Mattison Company

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Nicolet Industries.

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Plumley, Edmund E.

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The Keasbey-Mattison Company was founded by wealthy financier Henry G. Keasbey and chemist Dr. Richard V. Mattison in 1873. The company originally focused on pharmaceuticals, and found success with products including their best-seller Bromo Caffeine. After discovering the potential for asbestos insulation, the company shifted their focus to asbestos product development and manufacturing, and moved their factory from Philadelphia to Ambler (Pennsylvania) in 1882. The comp...