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Title
Benjamin F. Jones, Jr.
Identifier
MSP33.B006.F01.I01
Source Identifier
MSP33.B006.F01.I01
Description
Benjamin F. Jones, Jr., son of the founder of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Benjamin Franklin Jones, was born in 1863. Unlike his father, who had only the equivalent of a high school education and went to Pittsburgh to seek his fortune when he was 18, B. J. Jones, Jr., was a graduate of Princeton University. Following his graduation in 1891, he joined two of his cousins who were active in the family’s steel-making company. It was he who directed the consolidation of the two firms, John & Laughlins, Ltd. and Laughlin & Company, and reorganized them into the corporation, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. He became chairman of the board of directors when it was again reorganized in 1923. He died in 1928.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Jones, B. F., 1863-1928.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.
Source
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Collection Photographs, 1864-1953, MSP 33, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Photographs
Rights Information
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