Title
Benjamin Franklin Affleck
Subject
Affleck, Benjamin Franklin, 1869-1944
Cement industries
Illinois--Chicago
Businessmen
Illinois--Belleville
Machinist
United States Steel Corporation
Description
Benjamin Franklin Affleck, of Belleville, was a businessman in Chicago, and president of the Universal Portland Cement Company.
On verso: "March 30 1927 A.M.; When the United States Steel Corporation's newest and finest 600-foot steel freighter slips from the ways at Toledo this summer it will be christened the B. F. Affleck, in honor of a man who only a few short years ago was a machinist's apprentice in a small shop at Belleville, Ill. Mr. Affleck today is president of the Universal Portland Cement Co. While working in the machine shop he studied shorthand, got a job as a stenographer with the American Express Company, at St. Louis, and progressed thru the railroad and steel business into the cement industry. In spite of the fact that his school attendance ended in the eight grade and at the age of thirteen, he is today one of the outstanding figures in American industry."
On verso: "March 30 1927 A.M.; When the United States Steel Corporation's newest and finest 600-foot steel freighter slips from the ways at Toledo this summer it will be christened the B. F. Affleck, in honor of a man who only a few short years ago was a machinist's apprentice in a small shop at Belleville, Ill. Mr. Affleck today is president of the Universal Portland Cement Co. While working in the machine shop he studied shorthand, got a job as a stenographer with the American Express Company, at St. Louis, and progressed thru the railroad and steel business into the cement industry. In spite of the fact that his school attendance ended in the eight grade and at the age of thirteen, he is today one of the outstanding figures in American industry."
Creator
Perry-Atlas
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
1926-XX-XX
Format
jpg
Language
eng
Identifier
401118
Minneapolis Public Library Collection
Original Format
commercial print
b&w
1
Physical Dimensions
18 x 22 cm