The Potteries of East Trenton.
My Dad Ed MacNicoll sent me this cool item.
I am sure some Burg area folks worked in some of these
places back in the day:)
UPDATE: Ralph adds:
Ralph Lucarella said...
Hi Mack: Here I go again. I worked at Star Porcelin on Mulberry St.
for 18 cents an hour in 1938. I drew china ware from the kilns.
My father worked for a man from England who invented a system
to take the temperture of the kilns (ovens). His name was
Mr.Forrester and the name of the company was Veritas Firing System.
They were located off Rutherford Ave. I worked on the clay press
with him for a couple of years. My father ran the whole shop and
eventually passed away in 1942 from cancer caused by mixing clay
without wearing a mask. Can you figure that out? My dad died at 52,
my brother Chuck, the doctor at 56 and here I am. going to be 90
years old on Aug. 30. Trenton was a great pottery town and was
known throughout the world in those days.Regards, Ralph Lucarella
Thank You Again Ralph for the insightful comments:)
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Hi Mack: Here I go again. I worked at Star Porcelin on Mulberry St. for 18 cents an hour in 1938. I drew china ware from the kilns. My father worked for a man from England who invented a system to take the temperture of the kilns (ovens). His name was Mr.Forrester and the name of the company was Veritas Firing System. They were located off Rutherford Ave. I worked on the clay press with him for a couple of years. My father ran the whole shop and eventually passed away in 1942 from cancer caused by mixing clay without wearing a mask. Can you figure that out? My dad died at 52, my brother Chuck, the doctor at 56 and here I am. going to be 90 years old on Aug. 30. Trenton was a great pottery town and was known throughout the world in those days.Regards, Ralph Lucarella
Hi Ralph:)
Thanks for your comment:)
Sorry your Dad & Brother passed
away so early in life:(
I will add your comment to the
post:)
My mother and grandmother worked at General Porcelin on Pennsylvania Ave. for years. They made the molds for rubber gloves. They came home covered in clay mixture.
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