page_title: Keasbey and Mattison Company
hierarchical_section_title: Keasbey and Mattison Company
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Richard Van Zeelust Mattison, facing page 168 of the Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, volume 11. New York: Lewis historical publishing company, 1914. This is a relatively low-resolution image, from a scanned online edition of a public domain book at http://collection1.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/digitalbks2/id/6245/show/6241/rec/5If I can get access to an original copy, for scanning purposes, I will upload a better one. At this time, this is the best available.
context_page_description: Keasbey and Mattison Company was a manufacturing company that produced asbestos-related building products, including insulation and shingles. Founded in 1873 by Henry Griffith Keasbey and Richard Van Zeelust Mattison, the company moved to Ambler, Pennsylvania, in 1881. By World War I, the Keasbey and Mattison Company's presence caused Ambler to be known as the "asbestos capital of the world". Keasbey and Mattison was purchased by Turner & Newall in 1934.
context_section_description: Keasbey and Mattison Company was a manufacturing company that produced asbestos-related building products, including insulation and shingles.  Founded in 1873 by Henry Griffith Keasbey (1850-1932) and Richard Van Zeelust Mattison (1851-1935), the company moved to Ambler, Pennsylvania, in 1881.  By World War I, the Keasbey and Mattison Company's presence caused Ambler to be known as the "asbestos capital of the world".  Keasbey and Mattison was purchased by Turner & Newall in 1934.
caption: Richard Mattison
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