Grand Rapids Public Museum Collections : Artifact : Photograph, Brower Furniture Company, Glue Room [205013]

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Collection Tier:

Tier 2

Photographs
Furniture Industry Archives ➔ Photograph, Brower Furniture Company, Glue Room

Identifier:

205013

Description:

Two men at their workbenches in the glue department at Brower Furniture Company. This photograph has been altered and contains nudity.

Date:

1919 – 1977

Materials:

Paper, Negative

Dimensions:

8" h 10" w

Current Location Status:

In Storage

Source:

Museum Collection

Rights:

Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0)

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Maker/Donor

Brower Furniture Company
Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Originally, makers of chairs "in the white" to match tables and case goods of other local manufacturers, principally Imperial Furniture Co., Grand Rapids Chair Co., and Hekman Furniture Co. Located at Ann St. and Turner Ave., formally the Field Motor Company.

Company History
1919: Company is founded by John M. Brower (son of designer John E. Brower) and the heads of several local firms, to supply them with chairs.
1974: Becomes a division of the Great Wester Group, Inc.
1927: Adds a contract furniture line, for which it manufactured, upholstered, and finished chairs, tables, and companion pieces for retail stores, hotel dining rooms, clubs, school dormitories, and ships.