LEADING  MANUFACTURERS  AND  MERCHANTS  CITY  OF  BROOKLYN


Theo. F. SMITH

Manufacturer of Fine Confectionery, Ice-Cream, etc.
Dealer in Toys, Fancy Goods, etc.
No. 17 Main Street, Flushing.-

This house was founded forty years ago by Mr. Caleb Smith, who in 1885 
took into partnership his son, Mr. Then. F. Smith. In the spring of 1886 
the founder died, and since then the business has been conducted by the son, 
who was bred and reared in the business. 

The house is the oldest one in its line in Flushing, and the proprietor is 
the descendant of one of the oldest families in the town. 

The premises comprise a store 30x 125 feet in dimensions, and this embraces 
a neatly fitted up sales-room and a handsomely furnished ice-cream saloon. 
Mr. Smith manufactures all his own confectionery, ice-cream, water ices, 
French and Italian cream, Charlotte de Russe, jellies, etc., and families 
and parties are supplied with these delicacies on the shortest notice and 
at the most reasonable prices. The stock also embraces a fine assortment 
of toys, Christmas cards, Christmas presents, dolls, tea sets, games, drums, 
sleds, velocipedes, wagons, birthday cards, birthday presents, stationery, 
rubber goods, picture frames, albums, scrap books, etc. 



With Special Thanks to: Cathy Harrison Speciale
Transcribed exclusively for the Brooklyn Genealogical Information Pages: Nancy E. Lutz

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