Edward Brown & Son
Directories stated that this firm was established in 1844. The founder was Edward Brown (c. 1821-1901), who by 1851 was a cast steel scissors manufacturer in Green Lane, employing 15 men and eight women. In 1858, he advertised from Henry Street. Edward’s son Edmund (born c. 1845) joined him. By 1865, Edward Brown & Son was manufacturing cast forks, scissors, and sailors’, table, and spear knives at Henry Street Works, Philadelphia. According to the Census (1871), the workforce was 29 men, three women, and thr....
