Jarisch Paper Company

ID: 1094 ~ Source: Courtesy of the North Adams Historical Society.
This file appears in: When Boxes were a Booming Business in the City
Jarisch Paper Company
This file appears in: When Boxes were a Booming Business in the City

By Roger W. Rivers
It was in 1894 that F.E. Rice, a native of Charlemont and a resident of Florida, came down from the mountain and formed a partnership with E.A. McMillian and began a shoebox manufacturing facility on Washington Avenue to supply the booming local…