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Old Posted Jan 13, 2014, 3:47 AM
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Los Angeles Soap Company personnel, including John A. Forthmann Senior, Horace Forthmann, and J.J. Bergin, 1874
Description Group portrait of Los Angeles Soap Company personnel, including John A. Forthmann Senior, Horace Forthmann, and J.J. Bergin, 1874. Twenty men can be seen standing in three rows next to boxes which read "Water Queen Soap", on their sides, and feature an artist's rendition of a mermaid. Mr. John A. Forthmann Senior, Horace Forthmann, and J.J. Bergin can be seen in the bottom row, at far right.
Subject Forthmann Senior, John A.; Forthmann, Horace; Bergin, J. J.

http://cdm15799.contentdm.oclc.org/c...oll65/id/12777

There were still 66 employees - down from at least 500 - when the company folded. Thirteen were retained to shut things down. Six were laid off on Jan. 29, 1988, and six more on Feb. 15. The last employee of the Los Angeles Soap Co. was a janitor who stayed until June 17, 1988, just about 128 years after John Forthmann had become its first. (from the below link)

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http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/a...d9a5f915c.html
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