February 15, 1887 – “The
Northwestern Knitting Company was incorporated by Minneapolis patent attorney
Amasa C. Paul, who was president in 1887 while George D. Munsing served as
vice-president.” In 1919, the company was renamed the Munsingwear Corporation. “By
1923 the company, reconstituted as Munsingwear, Inc., had become the largest
manufacturer in the world producing underwear under one trademark. The firm was
the largest employer of women in Minnesota—85 percent of its 3,000 employees
were female.”
http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/50/v50i04p152-161.pdf
From a 1918 newspaper advertisement
The building today is International Market Square
Photos taken by Pamela
J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Feb. 15, 2013,
as long as
acknowledgement included.
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