12 ■ the 2). 'Bacon Company I I i Candy Jobbers and Manufacturers 11, I 50th Anniversary j I 1 i i I Representing a fifty-year march along the great Highway of I Progress during which time this staunch old business has grown ; | I : from a tiny acorn to a giant oak, due, in the main, to the applica || tion of these solid principles upon which it was founded in 1869. " ' j I I ; From the most modest beginning to its present magnitude, the j; I' j ideals of its founder have held sway until today it stands as a monu- ; I j I jj, ment to its sponsor, Daniel Bacon. ; | I > Daniel Bacon The Product Arthur D. Bacon I Founder Born 1883 President I : A Story of , . It was during the Days of Reconstruction following the his faithful employes, the uninjured machinery was moved j I ! E , great Civil War that Daniel Bacon, pioneer candy manu- to a building on Walnut street and in less than a weeK 7 yjv" ~-7/," ' iiSa : facturer, first entered the candy business in Harrisburg. goods were again being manufactured. Restoration ot tne y, / &* uf'l" _<. .jgflfon SBSX. \ : The forerunner of the present Bacon organization was a factory building began as soon as the debris was removed. / / [33 A •.rtfi'' 'fflwVl l \ E ' H I little 20x36 frame building at the corner of North and , , , , lt , . / ll 6 .iSato YSaO ; rtt iff Sst A : i , Seventh streets. Mr. Bacon was not only a leader in the manufacture of / ~#&'¥HP ID HA \ : | gjiJVml///. .. certain lines of goods in this section, but he gained also a / jsm-Mik BM Xjfc JH \ 1 : d.ilUnHHnh^ V Mr. E. I.aubenstein, who is perhaps the oldest candy- reputation for special window d ' ?P la £® a J 1 bIB i.-gfj i*""* : -iS'idl H J * = 4U|maker still in active service in this part of Pennsylvania, store. Many will_remember .that_on aI. o Harris- 1 ffa&TlK; ■Ha Mil t >=*i ' OSs£ m -v ' T - \ has been making candy for fifty-seven years, forty-three of the order was \ HM ' ,-j B !iU/ / E -jI \ Company. b ®® tt connected with the firm of The D. Bacon artistically made of sugar and displayed as an attraction gjfl jg-_ f ||| S; (H T ) In 1878 a small slore room on Market street, near Fifth, During the Harrisburg Centennial a pyramid was mads W25 $1 •& 's■ HUmi fll i| hMt 1 I = lißil I.vj^g£S2j=s^r===^i ! g£2e ? j33)-- "* OAsvS/N 1 was rented by Daniel Bacon and was used as a retail store c f PU "ar six feet high, four feet at the base and one foot HI! IT- >i ef.JJ i"~ .ams**®* ,„4 lrSj\l ■ S V S#i| i : ••- I I * ICZZ -Jbal / T exclusively. A short time later another store room was , h .. ton it ws made with large sticks of cand.v to fit Kt' l rl*s v * l ' • llllly. ISffliS'tJi %W, / , : 'I ImMFiW "I 1 llljl||'i[liMl|l|l.CßMlMlL jJL juHBTiI if : rented on Market street, corner of Fifth, as a wholesale represent logs. Each log represented some historic event ,(MPwA s 51 S(m |(| : I . - - , i'f T / candy store and with the natural business increase it was during the past hundred years. itV "£S3S'ffipfi BWWIII I = H HgCTMg -Mi - I necessary to enlarge the factory. IfW hi Mi l U I : I 1 A'Ulff : 'HHI Hr[ mM-HIBPI - 11— J iWSTO ~ i E; ! During the Columbus Celebration a large globe was i ffifi Zijji BIM pi .Jjlffi |U||B it \t*M I ijfe- 1 '■ V 49 ME ftsaKl ykl - JiIUJ ~ IWBIiMIBOlMjIS! v Mr. Lauhenstein tells tlie story of how he came t-o the mode of sugar, being: three feet in diameter, which depicted gts! B fej l©Pi Jm I' 1 , i x Tffib yjj torn mm !fcJlrf R *s'' factory on North street at 7 o'clock one morning", unlocked in icing the waves of the ocean and fae-similes of the three ||r ligl ir ' —' Jr 'Si- ~ 1 KIr 'IL HW iP*twiw#iL'ii^ll'l l ysy '/. the door of t)ie littJe frame building and with a force of ships on which Columbus sailed from the shores of Spain -3 • —k§P~ y. \s~~— -\.||lb IE ~ H i € •L 0' , " IM,. J l-"j ■i * rl| y - workmen, the factory was moved in sections on a two-horse to the West Indies. This work of ait. attracted much -J, :W_ N I : ( j r ' L f a vacant lot Fifth near Market, where attention. ' x gm~ lW iAB| I I ||l|[l jB I I I- . mediately re-assembled so that he was able to lock the door On a Fourth of July Celebration a tublet was "jade of sPW.nS&- I il 1 '^^"■ii l Mpll*"ili I ' l 1 r- of the factory before going: home that evening. pugar to represent, white marble, live feet high and three y / .v.' • rrF •< ? ** u *' t ■ /. '.■"P 4 { ' " o< ' l wide; an arch was made over the top on which were the iTjf •>\y.c -IP ■ ■ On July 3, 1880. Mr. Bacon met with a serious loss by thirteen Original States. On top of that was a pure white 7 - - i = SSSS- ' 1 " .Ire. Many of the older residents of Harrisburg will recall eagle of sugar. The tablet was supported by two columns. r,'• ; / Hmk. 1 - I *" the premature Fourth of July Celebration with noise and On the top of each column was the statue of Washington. ~- _ ~ "3: —-"r: ~ SSE^■' ,v j: I i I * tire caused by tlie explosion of a large quantity of fireworks On this tablet was written in icing the Declaration of Inde- v: _ " I = < on display in the storeroom. As soon as possible, Mr. Bacon pendence and the names of all the signers. All of these ~ ~ I = I improved the storeroom gutted by tire and soon resumed special window displays were the work of Mr. Laubenstein. , r I "f O/• fl his retail business. _ /\ ' i I \ J The largest egg ever made of sugar was cast in Bacon s r f I 1 I ] = J.; ( 1 # l_f II my In ISB9 the property located at Fifth and Market streets factory. It weighed 350 pounds, being 42 inches long by f vJ f VJ I = ■'' was purchased, improved and enlarged to make better 36 inches in diameter. The egg was hollow and inside of it JL %y \ - 1 facilities for the growing wholesale and retail business was placed scenery making a beautiful panoramic view , r I which were combined, the retsrtl department, being in the which could be seen through one end of the egg. Many of I : ■ * The first building:, forerunner of the present Bacon or- front of the building and the wholesale-in the rear of the the fatheisand the rs oft o - day of this city, " children. Main building and offices of The D. Bacon Company, 435- ' = | ; . o' . v . Ll ' c picsciiL UI storeroom. Bacons Cough Drops were just gaining a repu- remember the wonderful Christinas displays. The candy c f* Ci t A jj'a* A. .i • \ - ' ganization as It appeared 111 1869. This building: tation about this time. Which for many years have been houses, Old Santa Claus up ano down the chimney and 44a bOUtn Cameron otreet. An addition to tiUS \ = ■ I Stood at the corner of North and Seventh streets. taTc^Vei^^ya. 1 t^'^^crco^^Ve^d"p^o'WW^"fk 1 ''"ilding is now being erected which will be two- i i • See "A Story of Progress." niade ln this P art of the country were made in Mr. Bacon s of Bucon's windows. thirds as large as the main building. I = .; I J ° candy lactory. , is | Mr. Daniel Bacon on the evening of April 23, 1893, while I s i In 1890 fire broke out on the third floor of the new making a call to one of his sick employes, became seriously ; building. While the building was saved from any great ill and died within a few hours with heart, failure. Since I = ■ | material loss, the manufactured stock and raw materials then the business has been conducted by his only son, i - - l and much of the machinery were ruined by water. This was Arthur D. Bacon, and with the assistance of the corps of : ■H , a severe blow to Mr. Bacon who prided himself on his new loyal employes the business was made to expand still £i ■H ftV factory with its improved facilities. His courage o'd not . farther until in 1911, a corporation was formed and the name JFt M fail him however, and with a determined spirit, assisted by changed to The D. Bacon Company. , "/frl i ... ■ j. :■& r - • .. A : ,i I A:A;.%v>ak , Wa- .•■ A - ■ ' - FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH NOVEMBER 14, 1919.
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