V & FW Filoon Co. – Brockton MA – Employees
- At August 12, 2011
- By J Harper
- In Industry
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Did anyone in your family work for V & FW Filoon? Perhaps you can find the signature of one of your ancestors (open & scroll through pictures below) – or find them on this PDF image of the 5th Annual V & FW Filoon Outing which took place at Crescent Park, Rhode Island on August 3, 1935.
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- A wedding gift from the employees of V& FW Filoon for George “Ned” “Eddie” Harper
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- A wedding gift from the employees of V& FW Filoon for George “Ned” “Eddie” Harper
1905-1907 – Knabenshue’s Airship at the Brockton Fair
- At July 15, 2011
- By J Harper
- In People & Places
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Augustus Roy Knabenshue (July 15, 1875 – March 6, 1960) American aeronautical engineer and aviator and on October 24, 1904, in St. Louis, became the first to make a dirigible flight. He is considered one of the fathers of aerial transportation and also worked with the Wright Brothers during his career. He brought his airship to the Brockton Fair each year from 1905 to 1907.
Read the article Sky Pilot by Mary Gorman about A. Roy Knabenshue’s fights at Brockton.
