1983 Newspaper Clippings of Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co_Cooper Wagon Works_Farley-LoetscherThe Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. was a rags -to -riches -rags firm that
added diversity to the city's economy.
The expansive Cooper Wagon Works fell victim to changing times, as
owners refused to convert to the production of automobiles.
Changing direction, changing shape Sunday, September 25, 1983
Farley-Loetscher, which started in 1875, employed 1,250 by the early 1950s, and had plants all over
the Midwest. But a recession and changes in the millworks industry contributed to its downfall.
D41 DUBU4UE,I0WA April 23.t- NEAR CENTURY -OLD BELL COMES DOWN --The 3000
[pound bell which hung atop Dubuque's three-story city hall since 1857
l is shown as it was lifted down from the tower Thursday night and Fri-
day morning. One of the. crane extensions buckled_stmmtp inthe position
at left and was left in that position until Friday morning when a new
crane succeeded in swinging the bell clear(center) and down(right)..(AP;
WIREPHOTO)