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- H. W. Hocker Manufacturing Company Factory, 224 Front Street, Lewes, Sussex County, DE
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Hocker, Harold W
H. W. Hocker Company
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- H. W. Hocker Manufacturing Company Factory, 224 Front Street, Lewes, Sussex County, DE
Depicted place Delaware; Sussex County; Lewes
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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HAER DEL,3-LEW,8-8
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  • Significance: The Hocker family dominated the manufacture of tin products in Lewes, Delaware after moving there in 1899. J.W. Hocker pioneered special purpose machinery for the production of tin handle mucilage brushes. In 1975, Harold W. Hocker still manufactured brushes using special machinery in a small frame building behind his residence in Lewes.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5
  • Survey number: HAER DE-7
  • Building/structure dates: 1911 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/de0207.photos.032574p
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Object location38° 46′ 27.98″ N, 75° 08′ 22.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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