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[[Image:three.jpg|left|thumb|250px|View of 100 and 200 Block of Iowa Street with McFadden on the left, Dubuque Seed Company center, and the Dubuque Company Paper warehouse on the right.]]MCFADDEN COFFEE AND SPICE COMPANY. The McFadden brothers operated a grocery store in the 1880s. Established in 1886, the company at 64-68 Main was developed by the McFadden family in association with J. A. McKinley who took no active role in the operation of the firm. Among the company's products were coffee, cinnamon, pepper, and ground cassia. | [[Image:three.jpg|left|thumb|250px|View of 100 and 200 Block of Iowa Street with McFadden on the left, Dubuque Seed Company center, and the Dubuque Company Paper warehouse on the right.]]MCFADDEN COFFEE AND SPICE COMPANY. The McFadden brothers operated a grocery store in the 1880s. Established in 1886, the company at 64-68 Main was developed by the McFadden family in association with J. A. McKinley who took no active role in the operation of the firm. Among the company's products were coffee, cinnamon, pepper, and ground cassia. | ||
Between 1893 and 1894, Joseph F. McFadden joined the business and the company relocated to 72-78 South Main. Tea was one of the major products imported to the Port of Dubuque, and McFadden's had a major part of the business. One "Bond for Examination of Imported Tea" showed 332 packages of Japanese tea weighing 26,390 pounds. The customs duty at ten cents per pound totaled $2,639. | [[File:MCFADDEN.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Four women are seated at a long work table in a warehouse room. One is holding a bag under a small funnel at the base of a large machine. On the side of the machine, above the woman’s head, is a scale enclosed in a metal box with a glass window. William J. Klauer Collection. Center for Dubuque History, Loras College.]]Between 1893 and 1894, Joseph F. McFadden joined the business and the company relocated to 72-78 South Main. Tea was one of the major products imported to the Port of Dubuque, and McFadden's had a major part of the business. One "Bond for Examination of Imported Tea" showed 332 packages of Japanese tea weighing 26,390 pounds. The customs duty at ten cents per pound totaled $2,639. | ||
The 1899-1900 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 72-78 S. Main | The 1899-1900 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 72-78 S. Main | ||
Revision as of 01:54, 18 February 2014
MCFADDEN COFFEE AND SPICE COMPANY. The McFadden brothers operated a grocery store in the 1880s. Established in 1886, the company at 64-68 Main was developed by the McFadden family in association with J. A. McKinley who took no active role in the operation of the firm. Among the company's products were coffee, cinnamon, pepper, and ground cassia.
Between 1893 and 1894, Joseph F. McFadden joined the business and the company relocated to 72-78 South Main. Tea was one of the major products imported to the Port of Dubuque, and McFadden's had a major part of the business. One "Bond for Examination of Imported Tea" showed 332 packages of Japanese tea weighing 26,390 pounds. The customs duty at ten cents per pound totaled $2,639.
The 1899-1900 Dubuque City Directory listed 72-78 S. Main
The 1915 Dubuque City Directory listed 227 1st as the address.
The 1939 Dubuque City Directory listed 145 W. 1st.
Stiff competition and no buyer for the company led to its closing in 1941.
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Source:
Burggraaf, Mike and Southard, Tom. The Antique Bottles of Iowa. Northfield, OH: Ohio Wholesale Copy Service, 1998