I wish to take this opportunity to recognize a special Baltimore companyB. Green & Companyon its 100th anniversary. which will be celebrated this Saturday. June 13. Benjamin Green founded this great Baltimore company one century ago. He was an immigrant from Lithuania who worked as a street peddler before starting a wholesale grocery business in 1915 in a rowhouse located at 828 West Baltimore Street. He made deliveries to Baltimorearea grocery stores by horsedrawn carts and later by "tin lizzy" type trucks. One hundred years ago. warehouses were multistoried buildings. recordkeeping. inventories. and billing were done by hand. and most itemseven commodities like butterwere sold in bulk.
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