FYI It appears that the factory was in Manhattan and the warehouse was in Yonkers, NY. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D06EFDF1730E132A25756C2A9679C94689ED7CF This is an industry that would attract single, female employees, similar to the sewing/tailoring/seamstress/dressmaker trades. Barb