card, employee information
Catalog Number
T02-1662.24Description
Employee information card from the Western Foundry Company for Julius Bartels, 1-21-1946. Information on the front includes employee address, date of birth, number of children, height, weight and nationality. On the back the employee's wages and date of employment are provided.History
The Western Foundry Company was a division of the Consolidated Foundries and Manufacturing Corp. Western was located in Holland, MI at 310 East 8th Street (1942, 1960 and 1990 city directories). They produced castings such as pressure vessels, boiler controls, clutch and flywheel housings, gears, sheaves and compressor components.Managers of Western Foundry included FJ Biener (1942), Herbert Merwin (1945), Elmer Andringa (1949) and Carl Johnson (1954). President's included Elmer Andringa (1968), D.B. Ziegler (1979), Robert Barteaux (1984) and William G. Lucas (1990).