Littleton Ave Factory Pictures Over Time
A collection of pictures from various sources.
An early postcard of the Littleton Avenue factory. From page 14 of Newark, The Golden Age, by Jean-Rae Turner, Richard T Koles and Charles F Cummings, 2003. [The caption is incorrect. J Wiss never made jewelry or silverware. The jewelry store branch of the company simply retailed these items.] WorldCat. The book is available at Amazon.
An early 1900s Littleton Avenue factory postcard. Same picture as the above entry, but with the full caption. Note the buildings start with three stories.
1912 Aerial View from the 1915 Catalog. The buildings now have a fourth story. This image was used as letterhead for many years after this. Nothing was cropped out. The only change for the letterhead was the sky above the smoke was removed.
Before 1925 Aerial View. Another story has been added to the main buildings. This image from the 1934 Catalog. The identical picture was also in the 1925 catalog. The main buildings from the image were used as letterhead in the late 1920s. See next.
In this letterhead version of the prior picture the extraneous buildings were cropped out and some shadows were changed..
From the letterhead in the late 1940s. A redrawing of the same picture. 1920s cars omitted.
From A Story of Shears and Scissors 1948. This is the first redo since before 1925. In a watercolor style.
This was on the cover of the 100th Anniversary Celebration Program from the celebration dinner on September 18, 1948. The shadows were changed.
These next three pictures taken August 2009. The first looking up Littleton Ave from West Market St. At this time a section of the factory was a private school (next picture). A studio for a church cable TV channel had been in the c1960 office building that is off this picture to the right.
Update:
In early July 2011 The Newark Star Ledger had a small ad for a liqudation sale of everything of the last tenant. They were:
Victory Temple Church Provision of Promise
Sales under $500,000
School: PK-8
Students: 171
Employees: 20-50
Founded: 2002
A picture looking into the parking lot and rear of building. I was standing on 11th Ave just west of S. 6th St.
