"The prospects for success appeared bright in the mid-1880s when Joseph Kirkham, James Robinson and C. Lewis Whitehead organized Providential Tile Works, hiring modeler Isaac Broome ...
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away from Trent Tile, their only potential local competitor in Trenton, New Jersey. ... The management of the company remained fairly consistent during its 28- year history. Of the three original partners, Joseph Kirkham left in the early 1890s to start his own company in Ohio; James Robinson forfeited his ownership ten years later; and C. Lewis Whitehead then maintained control until his death in 1912 when his wife Emma tried unsuccessfully to keep the works operating. Its doors closed in 1913." - https://www.tileheritage.org/THF-TileoftheMonth-Jun-08.html, 22.07.2020
