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[[Image:McKenzieOertingBuilding-1960s-Int.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Inside the McKenzie Oerting & Company headquarters in the 1960s]] | [[Image:McKenzieOertingBuilding-1960s-Int.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Inside the McKenzie Oerting & Company headquarters in the 1960s]] | ||
| − | '''McKenzie Oerting & Company''' was a ship chandlery, marine supply and grocery founded in [[ | + | '''McKenzie Oerting & Company''' was a ship chandlery, marine supply and grocery founded in [[1862]] by Danish immigrant [[P. J. McKenzie Oerting]] and reorganized in [[1886]] by his son, [[Charles McKenzie Oerting]]. Its [[McKenzie Oerting Building|headquarters]] at 601 South [[Palafox Street]] was built in [[1892]]. |
When the business closed in [[1971]] with the retirement of [[John Alexander Oerting, Sr.]], it had the distinction of being city's oldest surviving business. | When the business closed in [[1971]] with the retirement of [[John Alexander Oerting, Sr.]], it had the distinction of being city's oldest surviving business. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | *J. S. Glass, editor. ''The Southern Manufacturer'', Volume V, Number 3. New Orleans: June 1901. | ||
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[[Category:Defunct businesses]] [[Category:Maritime businesses]] | [[Category:Defunct businesses]] [[Category:Maritime businesses]] | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 12 November 2008
McKenzie Oerting & Company was a ship chandlery, marine supply and grocery founded in 1862 by Danish immigrant P. J. McKenzie Oerting and reorganized in 1886 by his son, Charles McKenzie Oerting. Its headquarters at 601 South Palafox Street was built in 1892.
When the business closed in 1971 with the retirement of John Alexander Oerting, Sr., it had the distinction of being city's oldest surviving business.
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1899 advertisement
The McKenzie Oerting Building in the 1960s
See also
References
- J. S. Glass, editor. The Southern Manufacturer, Volume V, Number 3. New Orleans: June 1901.
