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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

1921: BLAKELY LAUNDRY; A CLASSIC


Anyone who has been a Trenton area resident will recall the Balkely Laundry in that familiar North Montgomery and Brunswick Avenue location. This page from "BUSINESSES - TRENTON" folder in the Hamilton Library Local History Collection is from the Daily State Gazette. The photos below give an idea of the size of this, probably the largest laundering facility in the area.

2 comments:

tom reed said...

their competors LINCOLN LAUNDRY

Tom Glover said...

WHITE TRUCKS, BLACK LINE DRAWING OF ABE LINCOLN AS THEIR TRADEMARK. REMEMBER THEM WELL.

TOM