History - Potters

History

1930

Census has Rudolf and Paul as Glass Manufacturers.

1929

Rudolf and Paul testify as expert witnesses in front of Ways and Means Committee of Congress as manufacturers/importers of “frostings” (tinsel).

1925

1924

Paul Potters purchases 5 1-story fireproof garages, 10×18 for $900 at 4818 Broadway.

1922

Plans filed for 5 1-story metal roof garages, 10×18 at 4816 Broadway.

1914

Rudolf produces glass bead for first time in a frying pan in his kitchen.

1904

Rudolf arrives in New York aboard ship Zeeland with 3 brothers. Antwerp, Belgium was Port of Departure.

1893

Paul Potters is born in Barmen, Germany

1891

Rudolf Potters is born in Barmen, Germany