Bisler Brothers, later G.A. Bisler, Inc., specialized in pasteboard boxes and folding cases, particularly folding suit boxes and confectionary boxes including the distinctive boxes for the well-known Philadelphia confectioner Stephen Whitman. Bisler constructed a new six-story brick building for the paper box factory at 245-255 North 6th Street on the east side of Franklin Square around 1901. Twenty-five years later the building was demolished to make way for the construction of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. The Library Company’s photograph collection depicts the factory in the early years of the twentieth century documenting all aspects of paper box manufacturing including images of workers, facilities and equipment.

This online inventory documents a collection of 168 early 20th-century photographs. These images depict workers, facilities and machinery at the G.A. Bisler’s paper box factory.

Curated by Jennifer Ambrose.

Resources

G. A. Bisler, Inc. Paper Box Factory Photograph Collection Online Inventory