Broadway (Manhattan)
E. W. Holbrook &amp; Company was a New York City dry goods firm which became bankrupt in July 1883. Located at 51 Leonard Street, near Broadway (Manhattan), in Lower Manhattan, the business was among the most well-known of its kind. The company, led by Edwin W. Holbrook and three other directors, was in debt in the amount of $750,000 The failure was attributed to losses involved in the operation of its three cotton mills. Holbrook also lost $500,000 on Wall Street (Manhattan) in speculation. During the week of E.W. Holbrook &amp; Company's insolvency, 162