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Pennsylvania Sugar Company, Father and His Three Sons Work for Sugar Refinery
- Neighborhood
- Fishtown/Kensington
- Related Story
- The Sugar House
- Street Address
- 1080 North Delaware Avenue
- Date Created
- 1943
- Description
- Caption reads: If there's need for an expert artificer in iron at the machine shop of the Pennsylvania Sugar Company, Delaware Ave. and Shackamaxon St., they call John-the-Blacksmith. He has the know-how that's necessary to fashion parts needed to keep the elaborate machinery of a big sugar house in operation. John-the-Blacksmith's name is John Kantisky. Born in Poland, he has been an employee of Pennsylvania Sugar Company for many years. Three of Kantisky's four sons work for [the company]. John and Frank are sheet metal workers; Joe is a welder.
- Contributing Institution
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection
- Tags
- families, Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company, Polish Americans, Workers
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