John Schrader Company Advertisement

ID: 867 ~ Creator: Courtesy New Albany-Floyd County Public Library ~ Date: 1903

This file appears in: Furniture Corner

In 1903, the John H. Shrader, Sr., Company began manufacturing folding beds at a facility located at Third and Main Street. Folding beds had long been a staple of New Albany manufacturing. Steamboats relied on them to save space.

This file appears in: Furniture Corner

Furniture Corner

By John Slack, Mary K. Marlatt, Benjamin Gies, and Ellis Cassity

The Schmitt Furniture Company is one of New Albany’s oldest businesses. Founded in 1936 by Charles Schmitt, Sr., the company opened for business in a store at State and Market Streets. In 1944, it moved to its present location at “furniture…