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National
Biscuit Company Factory • 1308
Boulder Ave.
American Biscuit Company 1894-98
Helena's Nabisco Factory, 1899 •
Part of the Building Still Stands
COURTESY
OF DAVE DUBÉ
| The American
Biscuit Company opened this factory in Helena on Boulder Avenue
in 1894. In 1898, the National Biscuit Company (Na-Bis-Co) was formed
from the consolidation of the American Biscuit Company, the New
York Biscuit Company, and the United States Baking Company. |
Nabisco
Factory, Early 1900s
$12.00/week
in 1919 is about $142.00/week in today's money.
1935
Earthquake Damage
THE WES AND CAROL SYNNESS COLLECTION
| These two
views are of the north side of the ruined National Biscuit Company
factory on Boulder Ave. The Sixth Ward (depot district) where
this building is located, was hit especially hard by the 1935
quakes. At the time of the quakes, this facility functioned primarily
as a distribution center. |
East
Side of the National Biscuit Co. Factory, Taken from Boulder Ave.
Nabisco
Building, 2011
PHOTO
BY KENNON BAIRD •
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