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Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills (Georgia) Merit Awards given To Ira Smith 1948/'53 in good condition. Please view pictures.
We also have Ira's Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills Company ID and pictures from the Smith Family also in good condition.
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Additional Information on The History of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill;
The beginnings of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills can be traced to Atlanta in 1868, when Jacob Elsas, an immigrant of German Jewish descent who had recently arrived in Atlanta from Cincinnati, began work in the city in the rag, paper, and hide business. Elsas soon recognized the need of his and other area businesses for cloth and paper containers to house their goods. Within two or three years Elsas had switched to the new business of manufacturing cloth and paper bags and had joined forces with fellow German Jewish immigrant Isaac May. In January 1872, the new company became known as Elsas, May and Company. Located in the former Atlanta slave market house, the company expanded during the 1870s; by the end of the decade, the firm consisted of a bleachery, print shop, and bag mill, and it employed between 100 and 160 workers, including women and children.
